شور
Khowar
Etymology
From Sanskrit शत (śata), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćatám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Compare Hindi सौ (sau), Urdu سو (sau), Gujarati સો (so), Assamese শ (xo).
References
- Elena Bashir; Maula Nigah; Rahmat Karim Baig (2005), “شور”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, Chicago: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago.
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʃoːɾ/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /ʃoːɾ/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /ʃuːɾ/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /ʃɵɾ/
Etymology 1
From Parthian 𐫢𐫇𐫡 (šwr /šōr/); compare with Middle Persian [script needed] (swr /sōr/). cognate with Northern Kurdish şor, sûr, Central Kurdish سوێر (swêr), Baluchi شور (šōr, šowr), Baluchi سور (sowr), Harzani سور (sür) and Pashto ښرنه (ӽarǝ́na, “saline”). Perhaps from Proto-Iranian *sauraH (“salty”), from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour; salty”).
Adjective
Dari | شور |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | шӯр (šür) |
شور • (šur)
- salty (of taste)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1118:
- او ز بحر عذب آب شور خورد / تا که آب شور او را کور کرد
- u ze bahr-e 'azb âb-e šur xord / tâ ke âb-e šur u-râ kur kard
- He has drunk salt water from the sweet Sea, so that the salt water has made him blind.
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Etymology 2
Derived from the verb شوریدن (šuridan), شولیدن (šulidan).
Noun
شور • (šur)
- excitement
- uproar, clamor
- Dastgāh-e Šur, one of the seven dastgahs of Persian Music.
Derived terms
- پرشور (por-šur, “passionate, ardent”)
Urdu
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