शुरू

See also: शर, शेर, and श्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šurū'), from Arabic شُرُوع (šurūʕ). Compare Punjabi ਸ਼ੁਰੂ (śurū) / شُرُوع (śurūʻ), Gujarati શરૂ (śarū), Marathi सुरू (surū), Bengali শুরু (śuru), Kannada ಶುರು (śuru).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃʊ.ɾuː/

Noun

शुरू • (śurū) m (Urdu spelling شُرُوع)

Declension

Declension of *शुरू* (masc ū-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	शुरू śurū	शुरू śurū
oblique	शुरू śurū	शुरुओं śuruõ
vocative	शुरू śurū	शुरुओ śuruo

Synonyms

आरम्भ (ārambh)
(less common) प्रारम्भ (prārambh)

Derived terms

शुरू करना (śurū karnā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शुरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press