مکسور

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic مَكْسُور (maksūr)

Classical Persian مَکْسُور (maksūr)bor.

Urdu مکسور

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَکْسُور (maksūr), from Arabic مَكْسُور (maksūr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mək.suːɾ/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ
• Hyphenation: مَک‧سُور

Adjective

مَکْسُور • (maksūr) (indeclinable, feminine مَکْسُورَہ (maksūra), Hindi spelling मक्सूर or मकसूर)

1. fractured
2. (arithmetic) fractional
3. (grammar) followed by a kasra

   اَوَّل مَکْسُور

   avval maksūr

   first letter [is followed by a] kasra

Further reading

• “مکسور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مکسور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مکسور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “مکسور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.