شور

See also: سؤر, سور, سؤز, and سوز

Khalaj

Adjective

شور (şôr, şûor)

Arabic spelling of şôr, şûor (“salty”)

Khowar

Etymology

From Sanskrit शत (śata), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćatám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Compare Hindi सौ (sau), Urdu سو (sau), Gujarati સો (so), Assamese শ (xo).

Numeral

شور (šor)

hundred

References

Elena Bashir; Maula Nigah; Rahmat Karim Baig (2022), “شور”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio‎^[1], second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 19 January 2023.

Malay

Noun

شور (plural شور-شور or شور٢)

Jawi spelling of syor.‎

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːr/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃoːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃʊːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃuːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɵɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šōr
Dari reading^?	šōr
Iranian reading^?	šur
Tajik reading^?	šür

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Parthian 𐫢𐫇𐫡 (šwr /⁠šōr⁠/); compare with Middle Persian [script needed] (swr /⁠sōr⁠/). cognate with Northern Kurdish şor, sûr, Central Kurdish سوێر (swêr), Baluchi (šōr, šowr), Baluchi (sowr), Harzani (sür) and Pashto ښرنه (x̌arǝ́na, “saline”). Perhaps from Proto-Iranian *sauraH (“salty”), from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour; salty”).

Adjective

شور • (šōr / šur) (Tajik spelling шӯр)

salty (of taste)
Coordinate terms: شیرین (šīrīn / širin), تلخ (talx), ترش (turš / torš), تند (tund / tond)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1118:
  او ز بحر عذب آب شور خورد / تا که آب شور او را کور کرد
  ō z-i bahr-i azb āb-i šōr xward / tā ki āb-i šōr ō-rā kōr kard
  He has drunk salt water from the sweet Sea, so that the salt water has made him blind.
  (Classical Romanization)

Derived terms

شوربا (šōrbā / šurbâ)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: şor
→ Khalaj: şôr
→ Uzbek: shoʻr

Etymology 2

Derived from the verb شوریدن (šōrīdan / šuridan), شولیدن (šōlīdan / šulidan).

Noun

شور • (šōr / šur) (Tajik spelling шӯр)

excitement
uproar, clamor
Dastgāh-e Šur, one of the seven dastgahs of Persian Music.

Derived terms

پرشور (pur-šōr / por-šur, “passionate, ardent”)

Etymology 3

Verb

شور • (šōr / šur) (Tajik spelling шӯр)

present stem form of (šustan / šostan, “to wash”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šōr).

Noun

شور • (śor) m (Hindi spelling शोर)

noise
uproar, clamor

Ushojo

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu شور (śor).

Noun

شور (šōr) m

noise
uproar, clamor