شهر

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[edit] Arabic

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

شهر ‎(šáhara) (verb form I)

  1. to make well-known, to make famous, to make notorious
  2. to spread, to make known, to divulge
  3. to proclaim, to announce
  4. to draw (a weapon), to unsheathe

شهّر ‎(šáhhara) (verb form II)

  1. to make well-known, to make famous, to make notorious
  2. to spread, to make known, to divulge
  3. to proclaim, to announce
  4. to defame, to slander, to revile, to pillory, to condemn, to denounce

شاهر ‎(šāhara) (verb form III)

  1. to hire on a monthly basis, to rent by the month

اشهر ‎(’ášhara) (verb form IV)

  1. to make known, to proclaim, to announce
  2. to unsheathe, to draw (a weapon)
  3. to sell at auction

اشتهر ‎(ištáhara) (verb form VIII)

  1. to become famous, to be notorious
  2. to be known, to be widespread, to be common

[edit] Noun

شهر (šáher) m., اشهر (’ášhur) pl., شهور (šuhūr) pl.

  1. month (unit of time)
  2. new moon (beginning of the lunar month)
    شهر العسل (šáher al-ʕásal) — honeymoon

[edit] Ottoman Turkish

[edit] Etymology

From Persian شهر (šahr).

[edit] Noun

شهر (şehir)

  1. city
  2. town
  3. borough

[edit] Persian

Dari شهر‍
Iranian Persian شهر‍
Tajiki ‍шаҳр‍

[edit] Noun

شهر (šahr)

  1. city
  2. town

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[edit] Descendants

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