शगुन

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • शकुन (śakun), सगुन (sagun), सौन (saun) (dialectal)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit शकुन (śakuna).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɡʊn/, [ʃɐ.ɡʊ̃n]

Noun

शगुन • (śagun) m (Urdu spelling شَگُن)

  1. omen, augury (especially good)
    Antonym: अपशकुन (apśakun)
  2. gift of money or sweets given at an engagement

Declension

Declension of शगुन (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शगुन
śagun 		शगुन
śagun
oblique शगुन
śagun 		शगुनों
śagunõ
vocative शगुन
śagun 		शगुनो
śaguno

Derived terms

  • शगुनिया (śaguniyā, “fortune-teller, astrologer”)

References

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