शहर

See also: शहरी, शाहीर, and शौहर

Bhojpuri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شهر‎ (šahr), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩‎ (šahr), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça). Compare Hindi शहर (śahar).

Noun

शहर (śahar) m (Kaithi 𑂬𑂯𑂩)

1. city

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شهر‎ (šahr), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩‎ (šahr), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça). Doublet of खाता (khātā). Cognate of Sanskrit क्षत्र (kṣatrá, “dominion, kingdom”). Compare Assamese চহৰ (sohor), Bengali শহর (śohor), Gujarati શહેર (śaher), Marathi शहर (śahar), Nepali शहर (śahar), Punjabi ਸ਼ਹਿਰ (śahir).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɦəɾ/, [ʃɛ.ɦɛɾ]

Noun

शहर • (śahar) m (Urdu spelling شہر‎)

1. city

   Synonyms: नगर (nagar), पुर (pur)

   आप किस शहर में रहते हैं?

   āp kis śahar mẽ rahte ha͠i?

   What city do you live in?

   • 1983, “Bombay Sheher Haadson Ka”, in M. G. Hashmat (lyrics), Kalyanji–Anandji (music), Haadsa, performed by Amit Kumar, Universal Music India:

     यह बम्बई शहर हादसों का शहर है

     yah bambaī śahar hādsõ kā śahar hai

     This city of Bombay is a city of "incidents"

Declension

Declension of शहर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शहर śahar	शहर śahar
oblique	शहर śahar	शहरों śaharõ
vocative	शहर śahar	शहरो śaharo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شهر‎ (šahr), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩‎ (šahr), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça-). Doublet of खाते (khāte). Compare Hindi शहर (śahar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕə.ɦəɾ/, [ɕəɾ]

Noun

शहर • (śahar) n

1. city
2. town

Declension

Declension of शहर (śahar)
direct singular	शहर śahar
direct plural	शहरे, शहरं śahare, śahara
	singular		plural
nominative	शहर śahar		शहरे, शहरं śahare, śahara
oblique	शहरा- śaharā-		शहरां- śaharāN-
dative	शहराला śaharālā		शहरांना śaharāNnā
ergative	शहराने śaharāne		शहरांनी śaharāNni
instrumental	शहराशी śaharāśi		शहरांशी śaharāNśi
locative	शहरात śaharāt		शहरांत śaharāNt
vocative	शहरा śaharā		शहरांनो śaharāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of शहर
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	शहराचा śaharāċā	शहराचे śaharāce	शहराची śaharāci	शहराच्या śaharāca	शहराचे, शहराचं śaharāce, śaharāċa	शहराची śaharāci	शहराच्या śaharāca
plural subject	शहरांचा śaharāNċā	शहरांचे śaharāNce	शहरांची śaharāNci	शहरांच्या śaharāNca	शहरांचे, शहरांचं śaharāNce, śaharāNċa	शहरांची śaharāNci	शहरांच्या śaharāNca
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Synonyms

• नगर (nagar)

Derived terms

• शहरी (śahrī, “urban”)
• शहरीकरण (śahrīkraṇ, “urbanization”)

 

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شهر‎ (šahr), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩‎ (šahr), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça). Compare Hindi शहर (śahar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʌ̤ːr]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सःर्

Noun

शहर • (śahar)

1. city, town

Descendants

• Kusunda: səhər (“city”)