شرارت

Persian

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Arabic شَرَّ (šarra)

Arabic شَرَارَة (šarāra)bor.

Persian شَرَارَت

Borrowed from Arabic شَرَارَة (šarāra), from شَرَّ (šarra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃa.raː.ˈrat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾɑː.ɾät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾɑː.ɾät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾɑː.ɾät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾɔː.ɾät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.ɹɒː.ɹæt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾɔ.ɾät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	šarārat
Dari reading?	šarārat
Iranian reading?	šarârat
Tajik reading?	šarorat

Noun

شرارت • (šarārat / šarârat) (Tajik spelling шарорат)

1. wickedness
2. malice; evil

Punjabi

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Arabic شَرَّ (šarra)

Arabic شَرَارَة (šarāra)bor.

Classical Persian شَرَارَت (šarārat)bor.

Punjabi شَرَارَت

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَرَارَت (šarārat), borrowed from Arabic شَرَارَة (šarāra), from شَرَّ (šarra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɾäː.ɾət̪/, [ʃɐ.ɾäː.ɾət̪ᵊ]
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Syllabification: شَ‧رَا‧رَت

Noun

شَرَارَت • (śarārat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਰਾਰਤ)

1. mischief, naughtiness
2. playfulness, impudence (generally of a child)
3. wickedness; villainy

Declension

Declension of شرارت

	singular	plural
direct	شَرَارَت (śarārat)	شَرَارَتاں (śarāratāṉ)
oblique	شَرَارَت (śarārat)	شَرَارَتاں (śarāratāṉ)
vocative	شَرَارَتے (śarārate)	شَرَارَتو (śarārato)
ablative	شَرَارَتوں (śarāratoṉ)	—
locative	شَرَارَتی (śarāratī)	شَرَارَتِیں (śarāratīṉ)
instrumental	شَرَارَتے (śarārate)	شَرَارَتِیں (śarāratīṉ)

See also

Punjabi terms derived from the Arabic root ش ر ر (0 c, 1 e)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “شرارَت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਸ਼ਰਾਰਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Urdu

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Arabic شَرَّ (šarra)

Arabic شَرَارَة (šarāra)bor.

Classical Persian شَرَارَت (šarārat)bor.

Urdu شَرَارَت

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَرَارَت (šarārat), borrowed from Arabic شَرَارَة (šarāra), from شَرَّ (šarra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɾɑː.ɾət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Syllabification: شَ‧رَا‧رَت

Noun

شَرَارَت • (śarārat) f (Hindi spelling शरारत)

1. mischievousness, mischief; naughtiness
2. playfulness, impudence (generally of a child)
3. wickedness; villainy

Declension

Declension of شرارت

	singular	plural
direct	شَرَارَت (śarārat)	شَرَارَتیں (śarāratẽ)
oblique	شَرَارَت (śarārat)	شَرَارَتوں (śarāratõ)
vocative	شَرَارَت (śarārat)	شَرَارَتو (śarārato)

See also

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ش ر ر (0 c, 1 e)

Further reading

• “شرارت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شرارت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “شرارت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]