شروع

Arabic

Root
ش ر ع (š r ʕ)
15 terms

Etymology

Compare Akkadian [script needed] (šarrû, “to start, begin, commence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃu.ruːʕ/
• Rhymes: -uːʕ

Noun

شُرُوع • (šurūʕ) m

1. verbal noun of شَرَعَ (šaraʕa) (form I)
2. beginning
3. commencement
4. onset

Declension

Declension of noun شُرُوع (šurūʕ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	شُرُوع šurūʕ	الشُّرُوع aš-šurūʕ	شُرُوع šurūʕ
nominative	شُرُوعٌ šurūʕun	الشُّرُوعُ aš-šurūʕu	شُرُوعُ šurūʕu
accusative	شُرُوعًا šurūʕan	الشُّرُوعَ aš-šurūʕa	شُرُوعَ šurūʕa
genitive	شُرُوعٍ šurūʕin	الشُّرُوعِ aš-šurūʕi	شُرُوعِ šurūʕi

Descendants

• → Persian: شروع (šoru')
  • → Tajik: шуруъ (šuru')
  • → Bengali: শুরু (śuru)
  • → Gujarati: શરૂ (śarū)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: शुरू (śurū)

    Urdu: شروع (śurū')

    • → Palula: široó bhíi
  • → Kannada: ಶುರು (śuru)
  • → Kashmiri: شۆروٗع (śorūʿ)
  • → Marathi: सुरू (surū)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੁਰੂ (śurū)

    Shahmukhi script: شُرُوع (śurūʻ)

  • → Ottoman Turkish: شروع (şuru')
  • → Sindhi: شُرُوع (śurūʻ)
• → Uzbek: shuru'

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شروع (šurū'), from Arabic شُرُوع (šurūʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃʊːrʊː/

Noun

شروع • (šoro)

1. beginning
2. commencement
3. onset
4. Wednesday

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُرُوع (šurūʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ˈruːʔ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.ɾoːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.ɾoːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.ɾoː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃu.ɾʊː]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo.ɹuːʔ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo.ɹuːʔ]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʃuː.ɹuː], [ʃo.ɹuː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃu.ɾɵʔ]

• Rhymes: -uːʔ

Readings
Classical reading?	šurū'
Dari reading?	šurō'
Iranian reading?	šoru'
Tajik reading?	šurü'

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

شروع • (šurū' / šoru') (Tajik spelling шуруъ, or шурӯъ)

1. beginning, commencement, onset, opening

   Synonyms: آغاز (āġāz / âġâz), ابتدا (ibtidā / ebtedâ)

   Antonyms: آخر (āxir / âxer), پایان (pāyān / pâyân), انتها (intihā / entehâ), اتمام (itmām / etmâm), سرانجام (sar-anjām / sar-anjâm)

   هر چیزی یه شروعی داره. (colloquial Tehrani)

   har čiz-i ye šoru'-i dâre.

   Everything has a beginning.

Derived terms

• شروع کردن (šurū' kardan / šoru' kardan)

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ش ر ع (0 c, 5 e)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُرُوع (šurūʕ). Compare Hindustani شُرُوع (śurū') / शुरू (śurū), Gujarati શરૂ (śarū), Marathi सुरू (surū), Bengali শুরু (śuru), Kannada ಶುರು (śuru).

Noun

شُرُوع • (śurūʻ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ੁਰੂ)

1. beginning

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “شُرُوع”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz], page 1863
• “شروع”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شُرُوع (šurū'), from Arabic شُرُوع (šurūʕ).

Noun

شُرُوع • (śurūʻ) m (Devanagari शुरू)

1. beginning
2. commencement

References

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “شُروع”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ, page 1247
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “شُرۇعُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 359
• Stack, George (1849), “शुरू”, in A dictionary, English and Sindhi, American Mission Press, page 11
• Sindhi Language Authority (2026), “شروع”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[1]

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شُرُوع (šurū'), from Arabic شُرُوع (šurūʕ).

Noun

شُرُوع • (śurū') m (Hindi spelling शुरू)

1. beginning

   Synonyms: اِبْتِدا (ibtidā), آرَمْبھ (ārambh), آغاز (āġāz), پرارمبھ (prārambh)

2. commencement
3. onset

Derived terms

• شُرُوع کرنا (śurū' karnā)

Ushojo

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu شروع (šurū'), from Classical Persian شروع (šurū'), from Arabic شُرُوع (šurūʕ).

Noun

شروع (šurū')

1. beginning
2. start
3. commencement
4. onset