مشکوک

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْكُوك (maškūk).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? maškūk
Dari reading? maškūk
Iranian reading? maškuk
Tajik reading? maškuk

Adjective

مشکوک • (maškuk)

  1. suspicious, suspect
  2. doubtful, problematic

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَشْکُوک (maškūk), Arabic مَشْكُوك (maškūk).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʃ.kuːk/
  • Rhymes: -uːk
  • Hyphenation: مَش‧کُوک

Adjective

مَشْکُوک • (maśkūk) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मशकूक)

  1. doubtful; dubious
  2. ambiguous; unclear
  3. suspect (of a person)

Further reading

  • مشکوک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مشکوک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “مشکوک”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]