شکوہ

Urdu

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Arabic شَكَا (šakā)

Arabic شَكْوَة (šakwa)bor.

Classical Persian (šikwa)bor.

Urdu شِکْوَہ (śikva)

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šikwa), borrowed from Arabic شَكْوَة (šakwa), from شَكَا (šakā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɪk.ʋɑ(ː)/, [ʃɪk.wɑː]
Hyphenation: شِک‧وَہ

Noun

شِکْوَہ • (śikva) m (Hindi spelling शिकवा)

grievance, resentment (ie. a complaint)
Synonyms: شِکَایَت (śikāyat), گِلَہ (gila)
(rare, formal) inconvenience (or a complaint due to an illness or pain)

Declension

Declension of **شکوہ**
	singular	plural
direct	شِکْوَہ (śikvah)	شِکْوے (śikve)
oblique	شِکْوے (śikve)	شِکْووں (śikvõ)
vocative	شِکْوے (śikve)	شِکْوو (śikvo)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šikōh).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.koːɦ/
Rhymes: -oːɦ
Hyphenation: شِ‧کوہ

Noun

شِکوہ • (śikoh) m (Hindi spelling शिकोह)

grandeur; pomp; majesty; magnificence; awe

Declension

Declension of **شکوہ**
	singular	plural
direct	شِکوہ (śikoh)	شِکوہ (śikoh)
oblique	شِکوہ (śikoh)	شِکوہوں (śikohõ)
vocative	شِکوہ (śikoh)	شِکوہو (śikoho)

Further reading

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