शऊर

Hindi

Alternative forms

सहूर (sahūr) — regional

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šu'ūr), from Arabic شُعُور (šuʕūr).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) 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

Declension of शऊर (masc cons-stem)

	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.

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