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مَشْهُور
famous /maʃˈhuːr/
adjectiveB1#1543 most common
Also: well-known, renowned, celebrated
Example sentences
هُوَ مَشْهُور.
He is famous.
هَذَا المَطْعَم مَشْهُور جِدًّا.
This restaurant is very famous.
أُمُّ كُلْثُوم مُغَنِّيَة مَشْهُورَة فِي العَالَم العَرَبِي.
Umm Kulthum is a famous singer in the Arab world.
أَصْبَحَ هَذَا الكَاتِب مَشْهُورًا بَعْدَ نَشْرِ رِوَايَتِهِ الأُولَى.
This writer became famous after publishing his first novel.
المَدِينَة مَشْهُورَة بِأَسْوَاقِهَا القَدِيمَة الَّتِي يَزُورُهَا السُّيَّاح.
The city is famous for its old markets that tourists visit.
لَمْ يَسْعَ يَوْمًا إِلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ مَشْهُورًا، لَكِنَّ أَبْحَاثَهُ فَرَضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشُّهْرَة.
He never sought to be famous, but his research forced fame upon him.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَشْهُورٌ | مَشْهُورُونَ |
| Genitive | مَشْهُورٍ | مَشْهُورِينَ |
| Accusative | مَشْهُورًا | مَشْهُورِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَشْهُورُ | يَا مَشْهُورُونَ |
Word family
شُهْرَةfame
شَهَّرَto make famous, to defame
أَشْهَرmore or most famous
مَشَاهِيرcelebrities
اشْتَهَرَto become famous
Etymology
The word is the passive participle of the root sh-h-r, which means to make known or to spread word of something. It follows the maf'ul pattern, so it describes a thing that has been made widely known. The same root gives the noun shuhra, meaning fame.
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