शहर
Bhojpuri
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian شهر (šahr), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (šahr), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça).
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian شهر (šahr), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (šahr), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça). Doublet of खाता (khātā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɦəɾ/, [ʃɛ.ɦɛɾ]
Noun
शहर • (śahar) m (Urdu spelling شہر)
- city
- 1983, M. G. Hashmat (lyrics), Kalyanji–Anandji (music), “Bombay Sheher Haadson Ka”, in Haadsa, Universal Music India, performed by Amit Kumar:
- यह बम्बई शहर हादसों का शहर है
- yah bambaī śahar hādsõ kā śahar hai
- This city of Bombay is a city of "incidents"
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Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian شهر (šahr), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (šahr), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɕə.ɦəɾ/, [ɕəɾ]
Declension
| Declension of शहर (śahar) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
शहर śahar | ||
| direct plural |
शहरे, शहरं śahare, śahara | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | शहर śahar |
शहरे, शहरं śahare, śahara | |
| oblique | शहरा- śaharā- |
शहरां- śaharāN- | |
| dative | शहराला śaharālā |
शहरांना śaharāNnā | |
| ergative | शहराने śaharāne |
शहरांनी śaharāNni | |
| instrumental | शहराशी śaharāśi |
शहरांशी śaharāNśi | |
| locative | शहरात śaharāt |
शहरांत śaharāNt | |
| vocative | शहरा śaharā |
शहरांनो śaharāNno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of शहर | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | शहराचा śaharāċā |
शहराचे śaharāce |
शहराची śaharāci |
शहराच्या śaharāca |
शहराचे, शहराचं śaharāce, śaharāċa |
शहराची śaharāci |
शहराच्या śaharāca | |
| plural subject | शहरांचा śaharāNċā |
शहरांचे śaharāNce |
शहरांची śaharāNci |
शहरांच्या śaharāNca |
शहरांचे, शहरांचं śaharāNce, śaharāNċa |
शहरांची śaharāNci |
शहरांच्या śaharāNca | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Synonyms
- नगर (nagar)
Derived terms
- शहरी (śahrī, “urban”)
- शहरीकरण (śahrīkraṇ, “urbanization”)
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian شهر (šahr), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (šahr), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sʌ̤ːr]
- Phonetic Devanagari: सःर्
Descendants
- Kusunda: səhər (“city”)
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