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shura

shura noun: a body that provides counsel to a leader.

Noun

shura (plural shuras)

  1. A body that provides counsel to a leader.
    • “The leadership, resistance and shura are all based here in Afghanistan.”2007 January 5, Carlotta Gall, “Taliban Leader Promises More Afghan War”, in New York Times
    • […] Mullah Bradar[…] is said to reside in the Pakistan port city of Karachi, where many members of the Quetta shura have taken refuge, according to Afghan officials.2009 March 11, Carlotta Gall, “As U.S. Weighs Taliban Negotiations, Afghans Are Already Talking”, in New York Times

Proper noun capitalized: Shura

Shura (plural Shuras)

  1. A male given name from Russian, Ukrainian.
  2. A female given name from Russian, Ukrainian.

shura meaning in Pashto

shura in Pashto

shura, council
شورا shurā́

Forms of shura

Noun
pluralshuras
Proper noun
pluralShuras

Origin of shura

From Arabic شُورَى (šūrā, “consultation”).

From Russian and Ukrainian Шура (Šura), short for Александр (Alexander) or Александра (Alexandra).

Questions about shura

What does shura mean?
Shura means a body that provides counsel to a leader.
What is shura in Pashto?
Shura in Pashto is شورا (shurā́). See Shura meaning in Pashto.
What part of speech is shura?
Shura can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of shura?
The plural of shura is shuras.

Words near shura in the dictionary

  1. Shupes
  2. Shuping
  3. Shupings
  4. Shupp
  5. Shupps
  6. shura
  7. Shurachandra
  8. shurafa
  9. shurangiz
  10. shuras
  11. Shurasena

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shura (page history and authors); Shura (page history and authors); شورا (Pashto) (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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