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شر

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See also: سز, سر, and ـسز

Arabic

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    Etymology 1

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    Verb

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    شَرَّ (šarra) I (non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru) or يَشِرُّ (yaširru), verbal noun شَرّ (šarr))

    1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
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    Verb

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    شَرَّ (šarra) I (non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru) or يَشِرُّ (yaširru), verbal noun شُرّ (šurr))

    1. to blame, to rebuke
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    شَرَّ (šarra) I (first-person singular past شَرِرْتُ (šarirtu), non-past يَشَرُّ (yašarru), verbal noun شَرّ (šarr))

    1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
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    Verb

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    شَرَّ (šarra) I (first-person singular past شَرُرْتُ (šarurtu), non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru), verbal noun شَرَارَة (šarāra))

    1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
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    Etymology 2

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    Compare Ugaritic 𐎌𐎗𐎗 (šrr).

    Noun

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    شَرّ (šarrm (plural شُرُور (šurūr))

    1. verbal noun of شَرَّ (šarra) (form I)
    2. evil
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:مصيبة
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:11:
        وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ عَجُولًا
        wayadʕu l-ʔinsānu bi-š-šarri duʕāʔahū bi-l-ḵayri wakāna l-ʔinsānu ʕajūlan
        And man prays for evil as he prays for good. For man is ever hasty.
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:7-8:
        فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ / وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ
        fa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin ḵayran yarahu / wa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin šarran yarahu
        So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, / And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.
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    Descendants
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    • Azerbaijani: şər
    • Classical Persian: شر (šarr)
    • Georgian: შარი (šari)
    • Hausa: sharri
    • Middle Armenian: շառ (šaṙ)
    • Swahili: shari

    Adjective

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    شَرّ (šarr) (feminine شَرَّة (šarra) or شُرَّى (šurrā), masculine plural أَشْرَار (ʔašrār) or شِرَار (širār))

    1. (used as an elative) more evil, worse; most evil, worst
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    Noun

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    شُرّ (šurrm

    1. verbal noun of شَرَّ (šarra) (form I)
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    Moroccan Arabic

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    Root
    ش ر ر
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    Etymology

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    From Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    شر (šarrm

    1. evil
      • c. 1742-1850, الشيخ عبد القادر العلمي, “غيتنا يا خير هادي”, in ديوان الشيخ عبد القادر العلمي (موسوعة الملحون), الرباط: أكاديمية المملكة المغربية, published 2009, →ISBN, →OCLC:
        يا نور شعاع تمادي
        سلكني من شر العدا ومن كيد الحسود
        yā nūr šʕāʕ tmādi
        sallakni min šarr le-ʕdā w-min kīd le-ḥsūd
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Persian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

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    Readings
    Classical reading? šarr
    Dari reading? šarr
    Iranian reading? šarr
    Tajik reading? šarr

    Noun

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    شر (šarr)

    1. evil, wickedness
      Synonym: بدی (badi)

    Urdu

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian شر (šarr), from Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

    Noun

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    شَر (śarm (Hindi spelling शर)

    1. evil, wickedness

    Ushojo

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    Etymology

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    From Pashto شر (šar).

    Noun

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    شر (šar)

    1. war, battle
    2. evil