اشاره

See also: اشارہ and إشارة

Persian

Etymology

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Arabic أَشَارَ (ʔašāra)

Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra)bor.

Persian

Borrowed from Arabic إِشَارَة (ʔišāra), from أَشَارَ (ʔašāra).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔi.ʃaː.ˈɾa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.ʃɑː.ɾǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.ʃɑː.ɾǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.ʃɔː.ɾǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe.ʃɒː.ɹé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.ʃɔ.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	išāra
Dari reading^?	išāra
Iranian reading^?	ešâre
Tajik reading^?	išora

Noun

اشاره • (išāra / ešâre) (plural اشاره‌ها (išāra-hā / ešâre-hâ), or اشارات, Tajik spelling ишора)

sign, gesture, hint, signal

Derived terms

اشاره کردن (ešâre kardan)
زبان اشاره (zabân-e ešâre)

Descendants

→ Bengali: ইশারা (iśara)
→ Gujarati: ઇશારો (iśāro)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: इशारा (iśārā)

Urdu: اِشارَہ (iśāra)
→ Marathi: इशारा (iśārā)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ (iśārā)

Shahmukhi script: اِشارَہ (īśārah)