شہری

Urdu

Etymology

From شہر (śahr, “city; urban area”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃəɦ.ɾiː/, [ʃɛʱ.ɾiː]
(Punjabic Urdu, colloquial) IPA^(key): [ʃɛː.ɾiː]
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: شَہ‧ری

Adjective

شَہْری • (śahrī) (Hindi spelling शहरी)

urban; pertaining to the city.

Noun

شَہْری • (śahrī) m (Hindi spelling शहरी)

citizen
Synonym: ناگرک

Declension

Declension of **شہری**
	singular	plural
direct	شہری (śaharī)	شہری (śaharī)
oblique	شہری (śaharī)	شہرِیوں (śahariyõ)
vocative	شہری (śaharī)	شہرِیو (śahariyo)

Derived terms

شہریت (śahariyat, “citizenship”)

Further reading

“شہری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“شہری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہری”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.