مسئلہ

Orthographic borrowing from Classical Persian مَسْئَله, borrowed from Arabic مَسْأَلَة (masʔala), from سَأَلَ (saʔala).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mə.sə.läː/, [məs.läː]

مَسْئَلَہ • (mas'ala) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਸਲਾ)

1. problem
2. issue; matter
3. question

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مسئَلَہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “مسئلہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਮਸਲਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Orthographic borrowing from Classical Persian مَسْئَله, borrowed from Arabic مَسْأَلَة (masʔala), from سَأَلَ (saʔala).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məs.ʔə.lɑ(ː)/, /mə.sə.lɑ(ː)/

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• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /məs.lɑː/
• Hyphenation: مَس‧ءَ‧لَہ

مَسْئَلَہ • (masala) m (formal plural مسائل, Hindi spelling मसला)

1. problem, issue
2. matter, affair
3. proposition, question

• “مسئلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مسئلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.