سؤر

See also: سور, شور, سؤز, and سوز

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀽𑀕𑀭 (sūgara), *𑀲𑀽𑀅𑀭 (*sūara), from Sanskrit सूकर (sūkara), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *suHkarás, from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂kéh₂ (“pig, swine”). Compare Punjabi سُوْر (sūr), Kashmiri سور / सोर (sōr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /suː.əɾ/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /suːɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: سُو‧ءَر

Noun

سُؤَر • (suar) m (Hindi spelling सूअर)

1. pig, boar

   Synonyms: خِنْزِیر (xinzīr), خُوک (xūk)

Declension

Declension of سؤر
	singular	plural
direct	سؤر (sū'ar)	سؤر (sū'ar)
oblique	سؤر (sū'ar)	سؤروں (sū'arō̃)
vocative	سؤر (sū'ar)	سؤرو (sū'arō)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سؤر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “سؤر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.