شہرت
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شُهْرَت (šuhrat), from Arabic شُهْرَة (šuhra). First attested in c. 1688 as Middle Hindi شہرت (śhrt).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃʊɦ.ɾət̪/, [ʃoɦ.ɾət̪]
- Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: شُہ‧رَت
Noun
شُہْرَت • (śuhrat) f (Hindi spelling शोहरत)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | شُہْرَت (śuhrat) | شُہْرَتیں (śuhratẽ) |
| oblique | شُہْرَت (śuhrat) | شُہْرَتوں (śuhratõ) |
| vocative | شُہْرَت (śuhrat) | شُہْرَتو (śuhrato) |
See also
Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ش ه ر (0 c, 3 e)
References
Further reading
More information
- “شہرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہرت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “شہرت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “شـﮩرت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 824
- John Shakespear (1834) “شہرت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC