سہارا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀸𑀭 (sahāra), 𑀲𑀳𑀬𑀸𑀭 (sahayāra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit सहकार (sahakāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.ɦɑː.ɾɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Homophone: صَحارا (sahārā)

Noun

سَہارا • (sahārā) m (Hindi spelling सहारा)

1. support; dependence
2. backing; buttress
3. help, assistance, aid

Declension

Declension of سہارا

	singular	plural
direct	سَہارا (sahārā)	سَہارے (sahāre)
oblique	سَہارے (sahāre)	سَہاروں (sahārõ)
vocative	سَہارے (sahāre)	سَہارو (sahāro)

Further reading

• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “سہارا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 799
• Platts, John T. (1884), “سہارا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 705
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سہارا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 393
• “سہارا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• John Shakespear (1834), “سہارا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1128
• “سہارا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.