शुरू

See also: शर, शेर, and श्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شُرُوع‎ (šoru'), from Arabic شُرُوع‎ (šurūʕ). Compare Punjabi ਸ਼ੁਰੂ (śurū) / شُرُوع‎ (śurūʻ), Gujarati શરૂ (śarū), Marathi सुरू (surū), Bengali শুরু (śuru), Kannada ಶುರು (śuru).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃʊ.ɾuː/

Noun

शुरू • (śurū) m (Urdu spelling شُرُوع‎)

1. beginning
2. commencement
3. onset

Declension

Declension of शुरू (masc ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शुरू śurū	शुरू śurū
oblique	शुरू śurū	शुरुओं śuruõ
vocative	शुरू śurū	शुरुओ śuruo

Synonyms

• आरम्भ (ārambh)
• (less common) प्रारम्भ (prārambh)

Derived terms

• शुरू करना (śurū karnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शुरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press