مشرک

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُشْرِك (mušrik).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muʃ.ˈɾik]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.ɾɪ́k]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.ɾɪ́k]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.ɾɪ́k]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muʃ.ɾík]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʃ.ɹékʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muʃ.ɾík]

Readings
Classical reading?	mušrik
Dari reading?	mušrik
Iranian reading?	mošrek
Tajik reading?	mušrik

Noun

Dari	مشرک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мушрик

مشرک • (mošrek)

1. polytheist

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُشْرِک (mušrik), from Arabic مُشْرِك (mušrik).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊʃ.ɾɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk
• Hyphenation: مُش‧رِک

Noun

مُشْرِک • (muśrik) m (formal plural مُشْرِکِین (muśrikīn), Hindi spelling मुश्रिक)

1. polytheist

   Synonym: مُورَت پُوجَک (mūrat pūjak)

2. heathen

   Synonym: کافِر (kāfir)

Further reading

• “مشرک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مشرک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مشرک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.