सहर

Awadhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شهر (šahr), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (šahr), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça).

Noun

सहर (sahar)

1. city

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سحر (sahar), from Arabic سَحَر (saḥar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɦəɾ/, [sɛ.ɦɛɾ]

Noun

सहर • (sahar) m (Urdu spelling سحر)

1. dawn, daybreak

   Synonyms: सुबह (subah), उषा (uṣā), सवेरा (saverā), दिन (din)

   • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib, Tum na aaein to sahar kya hui 1:

     तुम न आए तो क्या सहर न हुई

     tum na āe to kyā sahar na huī

     If you did not come, did dawn not happen?

Declension

Declension of सहर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सहर sahar	सहर sahar
oblique	सहर sahar	सहरों saharõ
vocative	सहर sahar	सहरो saharo

Nepali

Pronunciation

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

Noun

सहर • (sahar)

1. alternative spelling of शहर (śahar)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “सहर्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 594
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “शहर”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar, page 591