हमसफ़र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian همسفر (ham-safar); By surface analysis, हम- (ham-, “co-”) +‎ सफ़र (safar, “travel”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦəm.sə.fəɾ/, [ɦɐ̃m.sɐ.fɐɾ], /ɦəm.sə.pʰəɾ/, [ɦɐ̃m.sɐ.pʰɐɾ]

Noun

हमसफ़र • (hamsafar) m (Urdu spelling ہمسفر)

  1. fellow traveller, one who shares the road
    Synonym: सहयात्री (sahyātrī)
    • 2022, Om Gopal Sharma, नगमा-ए-मोहब्बत [nagmā-e-mohabbat, Song of Love], Blue Rose Publishers, page 110:
      मैं राह, तू मेरी हमसफ़र, मैं शब हूँ, तू मेरी सहर ।
      ma͠i rāh, tū merī hamasfar, ma͠i śab hū̃, tū merī sahar .
      I'm the road and you're my fellow traveller; I'm the night and you're the dawn.
  2. (figuratively) life partner, spouse

Declension

Declension of हमसफ़र (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct हमसफ़र
hamsafar 		हमसफ़र
hamsafar
oblique हमसफ़र
hamsafar 		हमसफ़रों
hamsafarõ
vocative हमसफ़र
hamsafar 		हमसफ़रो
hamsafaro
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