فورا

Arabic

Root
ف و ر (f-w-r)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of فَوْر (fawr, “overflowing, boiling up”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faw.ran/

Adverb

فَوْرًا • (fawran)

instantly, immediately

Descendants

→ Persian: فورا (fawran)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਫੌਰਨ (phauran)
  
  Shahmukhi script: فَوراً (fauran)
- → Urdu: فَوراً (fauran)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (fawran), from Arabic فَوْرًا (fawran).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fɔː.ɾən/
Rhymes: -ən

Adverb

فَوراً • (fauran) (Hindi spelling फ़ौरन)

immediately, instantly, urgently, promptly, rapidly, instantaneously
Synonyms: فٹافٹ (faṭāfaṭ), جھٹ پٹ (jhaṭ-paṭ), جلد (jald)

Related terms

فوری (fauri, “immediate”)
فوراً سے پیشتر (fauran-se-peśtar, “at once”)

References

“فورا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“فورا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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