مهارة

Arabic

FWOTD – 15 July 2025

Root
م ه ر (m h r)
5 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.haː.ra/

Noun

مَهَارَة • (mahāra) f (plural مَهَارَات (mahārāt))

(uncountable) verbal noun of مَهَرَ (mahara) (form I)
skill
بِفَضْلِ مَهَارَتِهِ ٱلاِسْتِثْنَائِيَّةِ فِي ٱللُّغَاتِ، نَجَحَ أَحْمَدُ فِي ٱلتَّوَاصُلِ مَعَ ٱلْأَشْخَاصِ مِنْ مُخْتَلِفِ ٱلثِّقَافَاتِ.
bi-faḍli mahāratihi l-istiṯnāʔiyyati fī l-luḡāti, najaḥa ʔaḥmadu fī t-tawāṣuli maʕa l-ʔašḵāṣi min muḵtalifi ṯ-ṯiqāfāti.
Thanks to his exceptional language skills, Ahmed succeeded in communicating with people from different cultures.
- 2025 May 4, و.م.ع, “للا حسناء تزور مهرجان السجاد الدولي”, in هسبريس‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 May 2025:
  وَمِنْ خِلَالِ مَعَارِضَ وَتَجَارِبَ تَفَاعُلِيَّةٍ وَبَرَامِجَ تَرْبَوِيَّةٍ، أَضْحَى ٱلْمِهْرَجَانُ ٱلدُّوَلِيُّ لِلسَّجَّادِ بِأَذِرْبَيْجَانَ حَدَثًا بَارِزًا يَرُومُ ٱلْاِحْتِفَاءَ بِٱلْحِرَفِيِّينَ، بِٱعْتِبَارِهِمْ ٱلْمُؤْتَمَنِينَ ٱلْحَقِيقِيِّينَ عَلَى مَهَارَةٍ ثَمِينَةٍ تَنْتَقِلُ مِنْ جِيلٍ إِلَى آخَرٍ.
  wamin ḵilāli maʕāriḍa watajāriba tafāʕuliyyatin wabarāmija tarbawiyyatin, ʔaḍḥā l-mihrajānu d-duwaliyyu li-s-sajjādi biʔaḏirbayjāna ḥadaṯan bārizan yarūmu l-iḥtifāʔa bi-l-ḥirafiyyīna, biʕtibārihim l-muʔtamanīna l-ḥaqīqiyyīna ʕalā mahāratin ṯamīnatin tantaqilu min jīlin ʔilā ʔāḵarin.
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Declension

Declension of noun **مَهَارَة** (mahāra)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَهَارَة mahāra	الْمَهَارَة al-mahāra	مَهَارَة mahārat
nominative	مَهَارَةٌ mahāratun	الْمَهَارَةُ al-mahāratu	مَهَارَةُ mahāratu
accusative	مَهَارَةً mahāratan	الْمَهَارَةَ al-mahārata	مَهَارَةَ mahārata
genitive	مَهَارَةٍ mahāratin	الْمَهَارَةِ al-mahārati	مَهَارَةِ mahārati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَهَارَتَيْن mahāratayn	الْمَهَارَتَيْن al-mahāratayn	مَهَارَتَيْ mahāratay
nominative	مَهَارَتَانِ mahāratāni	الْمَهَارَتَانِ al-mahāratāni	مَهَارَتَا mahāratā
accusative	مَهَارَتَيْنِ mahāratayni	الْمَهَارَتَيْنِ al-mahāratayni	مَهَارَتَيْ mahāratay
genitive	مَهَارَتَيْنِ mahāratayni	الْمَهَارَتَيْنِ al-mahāratayni	مَهَارَتَيْ mahāratay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَهَارَات mahārāt	الْمَهَارَات al-mahārāt	مَهَارَات mahārāt
nominative	مَهَارَاتٌ mahārātun	الْمَهَارَاتُ al-mahārātu	مَهَارَاتُ mahārātu
accusative	مَهَارَاتٍ mahārātin	الْمَهَارَاتِ al-mahārāti	مَهَارَاتِ mahārāti
genitive	مَهَارَاتٍ mahārātin	الْمَهَارَاتِ al-mahārāti	مَهَارَاتِ mahārāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: məharət
→ Northern Kurdish: meheret
→ Ottoman Turkish: مهارت (mahāret)
- Turkish: maharet
→ Classical Persian: مَهَارَت (mahārat)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: महारत (mahārat)
  Urdu: مَہَارَت (mahārat)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਮਹਾਰਤ (mahārat)
  Shahmukhi script: مَہَارَت (mahārat)
- → Tatar: мәһәрәт (mähärät)
- → Uyghur: ماھارەت (maharet)
- → Uzbek: mahorat

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi.haː.ra/

Noun

مِهَارَة • (mihāra) pl

plural of مُهْر (muhr)