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makruh

makruh adjective: not haram, but disliked or offensive, such that a person will be rewarded for avoiding it.

Adjective

makruh (comparative more makruh, superlative most makruh)

  1. Not haram, but disliked or offensive, such that a person will be rewarded for avoiding it.
    Antonyms:
    mustahabb

makruh meaning in Urdu

makruh in Urdu

makruh
مکروہ makrūh

Antonyms of makruh

Forms of makruh

comparativemore makruh
superlativemost makruh
alternative formmakrooh

Origin of makruh

Arabic مَكْرُوه (makrūh)

Questions about makruh

What does makruh mean?
Makruh means not haram, but disliked or offensive, such that a person will be rewarded for avoiding it.
What is makruh in Urdu?
Makruh in Urdu is مکروہ (makrūh). See Makruh meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is makruh?
Makruh is an adjective.

Words near makruh in the dictionary

  1. Makran Division
  2. Makrides
  3. Makris
  4. Makrises
  5. makrooh
  6. makruh
  7. makruk
  8. makrut lime
  9. makrut limes
  10. maks
  11. Maksim

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: makruh (page history and authors); مکروہ (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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