इशारा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اشاره (išāra), from Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra, “sign, signal”). Compare Punjabi ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ (iśārā) / اِشارَہ (īśārah), Gujarati ઇશારો (iśāro), Marathi इशारा (iśārā), Bengali ইশারা (iśara).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪ.ʃɑː.ɾɑː/, [ɪ.ʃäː.ɾäː]

Noun

इशारा • (iśārā) m (Urdu spelling اِشارَہ)

1. gesture, sign, hint

   Synonym: संकेत (saṅket)

   अक़्लमंद को इशारा काफ़ी है।

   aqlamand ko iśārā kāfī hai.

   A gesture is sufficient for the wise.

Declension

Declension of इशारा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इशारा iśārā	इशारे, इशारात iśāre, iśārāt
oblique	इशारे iśāre	इशारों, इशारातों iśārõ, iśārātõ
vocative	इशारे iśāre	इशारो, इशारातो iśāro, iśārāto

Derived terms

• इशारा करना (iśārā karnā)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “इशारा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इशारा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “इशारा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اشاره (išāra), from Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra, “sign, signal”). Compare Gujarati ઇશારો (iśāro), Hindustani اِشارَہ (iśāra) / इशारा (iśārā), Punjabi ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ (iśārā) / اِشارہ (īśārh), Bengali ইশারা (iśara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ɕa.ɾa/

Noun

इशारा • (iśārā) m

1. warning

   Synonym: ताकीद (tākīd)

Derived terms

• इशारा देणे (iśārā deṇe, “to give a warning”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “इशारा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “इशारत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “इशारत,_इशारा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).