شر

See also: سز‎, سر‎, and ـسز‎

Arabic

Verb

شَرَّ • (šarra) I, non-past يَشُرُّ‎ or يَشِرُّ‎‎ (yašurru or yaširru)

  1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
Conjugation

Verb

شَرَّ • (šarra) I, non-past يَشُرُّ‎ or يَشِرُّ‎‎ (yašurru or yaširru)

  1. to blame, to rebuke
Conjugation

Verb

شَرَّ • (šarra) I, non-past يَشَرُّ‎‎ (yašarru)

  1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
Conjugation

Verb

شَرَّ • (šarra) I, non-past يَشُرُّ‎‎ (yašurru)

  1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Compare Ugaritic 𐎌𐎗𐎗 (šrr).

Noun

شَرّ • (šarr) m (plural شُرُور‎ (šurūr))

  1. verbal noun of شَرَّ (šarra) (form I)
  2. evil
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:11:
      ‏وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ عَجُولًا‎
      wayadʕu l-ʔinsānu bi-š-šarri duʕāʔahū bi-l-ḵayri wakāna l-ʔinsānu ʕajūlan
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:7-8:
      ‏فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ / وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ‎
      fa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin ḵayran yarahu / wa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin šarran yarahu
      So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, / And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.
Declension
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • اِتَّقِ شَرَّ الْحَلِيمِ إِذَا غَضِب‎ (ittaqi šarra l-ḥalīmi ʔiḏā ḡaḍib, proverb)
  • اِتَّقِ شَرَّ مَنْ أَحْسَنْتَ إِلَيْهِ‎ (ittaqi šarra man ʔaḥsanta ʔilayhi, proverb)
Descendants
  • → Middle Armenian: շառ (šaṙ)
  • → Azerbaijani: şər
  • → Georgian: შარი (šari)
  • → Hausa: sharri
  • → Persian: شر‎ (šarr)
  • → Swahili: shari

Adjective

شَرّ • (šarr) (feminine شَرَّة‎ (šarra) or شُرَّى‎ (šurrā), masculine plural أَشْرَار‎ (ʔašrār) or شِرَار‎ (širār))

  1. (used as an elative) more evil, worse; most evil, worst
Declension
Derived terms
  • شَرُّ الْبَلِيَّةِ مَا يُضْحِكُ‎ (šarru l-baliyyati mā yuḍḥiku, proverb)

Noun

شُرّ • (šurr) m

  1. verbal noun of شَرَّ (šarra) (form I)
Declension

Persian

Alternative forms

  • شرّ (šarr) (with a shadda)

Etymology

From Arabic شَرّ‎ (šarr).

Noun

شر • (šarr)

  1. evil, wickedness

Synonyms

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian شر‎ (šar).

Noun

شَر • (śar) m (Hindi spelling शर)

  1. evil, wickedness

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu شر‎ (šar).

Noun

شر (šar)

  1. war, battle
  2. evil
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