شاعر

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of شَعَرَ‎ (šaʕara, “to know”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.ʕir/

Noun

شَاعِر • (šāʕir) m (plural شُعَرَاء‎ (šuʕarāʔ), feminine شَاعِرَة‎ (šāʕira))

  1. poet
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 23:224:
      ‏وَٱلشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُونَ‎
      waš-šuʕarāʔu yattabiʕuhumu l-ḡāwūna
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. bard

Declension
Declension of noun شَاعِر (šāʕir)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شَاعِر
šāʕir		 الشَّاعِر‎
aš-šāʕir		 شَاعِر
šāʕir		 شَاعِرَة‎
šāʕira		 الشَّاعِرَة‎
aš-šāʕira		 شَاعِرَة‎
šāʕirat
Nominative شَاعِرٌ
šāʕirun		 الشَّاعِرُ‎
aš-šāʕiru		 شَاعِرُ
šāʕiru		 شَاعِرَةٌ‎
šāʕiratun		 الشَّاعِرَةُ‎
aš-šāʕiratu		 شَاعِرَةُ‎
šāʕiratu
Accusative شَاعِرًا‎
šāʕiran		 الشَّاعِرَ‎
aš-šāʕira		 شَاعِرَ
šāʕira		 شَاعِرَةً‎
šāʕiratan		 الشَّاعِرَةَ‎
aš-šāʕirata		 شَاعِرَةَ‎
šāʕirata
Genitive شَاعِرٍ
šāʕirin		 الشَّاعِرِ‎
aš-šāʕiri		 شَاعِرِ
šāʕiri		 شَاعِرَةٍ‎
šāʕiratin		 الشَّاعِرَةِ‎
aš-šāʕirati		 شَاعِرَةِ‎
šāʕirati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Construct Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شَاعِرَيْن‎
šāʕirayn		 الشَّاعِرَيْن‎
aš-šāʕirayn		 شَاعِرَيْ‎
šāʕiray		 شَاعِرَتَيْن‎
šāʕiratayn		 الشَّاعِرَتَيْن‎
aš-šāʕiratayn		 شَاعِرَتَيْ‎
šāʕiratay
Nominative شَاعِرَانِ‎
šāʕirāni		 الشَّاعِرَانِ‎
aš-šāʕirāni		 شَاعِرَا‎
šāʕirā		 شَاعِرَتَانِ‎
šāʕiratāni		 الشَّاعِرَتَانِ‎
aš-šāʕiratāni		 شَاعِرَتَا‎
šāʕiratā
Accusative شَاعِرَيْنِ‎
šāʕirayni		 الشَّاعِرَيْنِ‎
aš-šāʕirayni		 شَاعِرَيْ‎
šāʕiray		 شَاعِرَتَيْنِ‎
šāʕiratayni		 الشَّاعِرَتَيْنِ‎
aš-šāʕiratayni		 شَاعِرَتَيْ‎
šāʕiratay
Genitive شَاعِرَيْنِ‎
šāʕirayni		 الشَّاعِرَيْنِ‎
aš-šāʕirayni		 شَاعِرَيْ‎
šāʕiray		 شَاعِرَتَيْنِ‎
šāʕiratayni		 الشَّاعِرَتَيْنِ‎
aš-šāʕiratayni		 شَاعِرَتَيْ‎
šāʕiratay
Plural Masculine Feminine
basic broken plural diptote sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شُعَرَاء‎
šuʕarāʔ		 الشُّعَرَاء‎
aš-šuʕarāʔ		 شُعَرَاء‎
šuʕarāʔ		 شَاعِرَات‎‎; شَوَاعِر‎
šāʕirāt‎; šawāʕir		 الشَّاعِرَات‎‎; الشَّوَاعِر‎
aš-šāʕirāt‎; aš-šawāʕir		 شَاعِرَات‎‎; شَوَاعِر‎
šāʕirāt‎; šawāʕir
Nominative شُعَرَاءُ‎
šuʕarāʔu		 الشُّعَرَاءُ‎
aš-šuʕarāʔu		 شُعَرَاءُ‎
šuʕarāʔu		 شَاعِرَاتٌ‎‎; شَوَاعِرُ‎
šāʕirātun‎; šawāʕiru		 الشَّاعِرَاتُ‎‎; الشَّوَاعِرُ‎
aš-šāʕirātu‎; aš-šawāʕiru		 شَاعِرَاتُ‎‎; شَوَاعِرُ‎
šāʕirātu‎; šawāʕiru
Accusative شُعَرَاءَ‎
šuʕarāʔa		 الشُّعَرَاءَ‎
aš-šuʕarāʔa		 شُعَرَاءَ‎
šuʕarāʔa		 شَاعِرَاتٍ‎‎; شَوَاعِرَ‎
šāʕirātin‎; šawāʕira		 الشَّاعِرَاتِ‎‎; الشَّوَاعِرَ‎
aš-šāʕirāti‎; aš-šawāʕira		 شَاعِرَاتِ‎‎; شَوَاعِرَ‎
šāʕirāti‎; šawāʕira
Genitive شُعَرَاءَ‎
šuʕarāʔa		 الشُّعَرَاءِ‎
aš-šuʕarāʔi		 شُعَرَاءِ‎
šuʕarāʔi		 شَاعِرَاتٍ‎‎; شَوَاعِرَ‎
šāʕirātin‎; šawāʕira		 الشَّاعِرَاتِ‎‎; الشَّوَاعِرِ‎
aš-šāʕirāti‎; aš-šawāʕiri		 شَاعِرَاتِ‎‎; شَوَاعِرِ‎
šāʕirāti‎; šawāʕiri

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: şair
  • → Bashkir: шағир (şağir)
  • → Chagatai: شاعر‎
  • → Classical Persian: شاعر‎ (šā'ir)
    • → Gojri: شاعِر‎ (śāir)
    • → Gujarati: શાયર (śāyar)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: शायर (śāyar)
      Urdu: شَاعِر‎ (śā'ir)
    • → Marathi: शाहीर (śāhīr)
    • → Marwari:
      Devanagari script: सायर (sāyar)
      Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅛𑅭 (sjr)
    • → Nepali: सायर (sāyar)
    • → Old Punjabi: ਸਾਇਰੁ (sāiru)
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਇਰ (śāira)
        Shahmukhi script: شاعِر‎ (śā‘ir)
    • → Rohingya: cáaer
    • → Sindhi:
      Arabic script: شاعِرُ‎
      Devanagari script: शाइरु
      Khudawadi script: 𑋜𑋠𑊲𑋙𑋣 (śāiru)
  • → Malay: syair
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شاعر‎ (şâir)
  • → Pashto: شاعر‎
  • → Tatar: шагыйрь (şağıyr’)
  • → Turkmen: şahyr

Azerbaijani

Noun

شاعر

  1. Arabic spelling of şair

Baluchi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر‎ (šā'ir).

Noun

شاعر • (transliteration needed)

  1. poet

Gojri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر‎ (šā'ir).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: شا‧عِر

Noun

شاعِر (śāir) m

  1. poet, writer, versifier, lyricist

Further reading
  • Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 295.
  • Javaid Rahi (2015), “شاعِرْ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 633, column 1.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاعِر‎ (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعر • (şâir)

  1. poet

Descendants

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاعِر‎ (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعر • (šā'ír) m

  1. poet

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شاعِر‎ (šāʕir).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʃɔʔˈiɾ/

Noun
Dari شاعر
Iranian Persian
Tajik шоир (šoyir)

شاعر • (šâ'er) (plural شاعران‎ (šâ'erân) or شاعرها‎ (šâ'er-hâ) or شعرا‎ (šo'arâ))

  1. poet

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Gojri: شاعِر‎ (śāir)
  • → Gujarati: શાયર (śāyar)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: शायर (śāyar)
    Urdu: شَاعِر‎ (śā'ir)
  • → Marathi: शाहीर (śāhīr)
  • → Marwari:
    Devanagari script: सायर (sāyar)
    Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅛𑅭 (sjr)
  • → Nepali: सायर (sāyar)
  • → Old Punjabi: ਸਾਇਰੁ (sāiru)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਇਰ (śāira)
      Shahmukhi script: شاعِر‎ (śā‘ir)
  • → Rohingya: cáaer
  • → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: شاعِرُ‎
    Devanagari script: शाइरु
    Khudawadi script: 𑋜𑋠𑊲𑋙𑋣 (śāiru)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر‎ (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر‎ (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعِر • (śā‘ir) m

  1. poet

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “شاعِر‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر‎ (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر‎ (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعِرُ (śā'iru) m

  1. poet

Further reading
  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “شاعِرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary (in English), Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • “شاعر”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary (in English), University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866-1938

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر‎ (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر‎ (šāʕir).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَاعِر • (śā'ir) m (feminine شاعرہ‎, plural شعرا‎, Hindi spelling शायर)

  1. poet
    Synonym: کَوِ‎ (kavi)

Declension

(colloquial)

Declension of شاعر
singular plural
direct شاعر‎ (śā'ir) شاعر‎ (śā'ir)
oblique شاعر‎ (śā'ir) شاعروں‎ (śā'irō̃)
vocative شاعر‎ (śā'ir) شاعرو‎ (śā'irō)

(standard)

Declension of شاعر
singular plural
direct شاعر‎ (śā'ir) شعرا‎ (śu'arā)
oblique شاعر‎ (śā'ir) شعرا‎ (śu'arā)
vocative شاعر‎ (śā'ir) شعرا‎ (śu'arā)

References
  • “شاعر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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