शऊर
Hindi
Alternative forms
- सहूर (sahūr) — regional
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شُعُور (šu'ūr), from Arabic شُعُور (šuʕūr).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃə.uːɾ/, [ʃɐ.uːɾ]
- Rhymes: -uːɾ
- Hyphenation: श‧ऊर
Noun
शऊर • (śaūr) m (Urdu spelling شُعُور)
- knowledge, wisdom, good sense
- Synonym: समझ (samajh)
- good manners or behaviour, decency
- Synonym: शिष्टता (śiṣṭatā)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शऊर śaūr |
शऊर śaūr |
| oblique | शऊर śaūr |
शऊरों śaūrõ |
| vocative | शऊर śaūr |
शऊरो śaūro |
Derived terms
- बाशऊर (bāśaūr, “wise”)
- बेशऊर (beśaūr, “ignorant”)
- बेशऊरी (beśaūrī, “ignorance”)
- शऊरदार (śaūrdār, “intelligible”)
- शऊरदारी (śaūrdārī, “intelligibility”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शऊर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शऊर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.