हमसफ़र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian همسفر (ham-safar); By surface analysis, हम- (ham-, “co-”) +‎ सफ़र (safar, “travel”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəm.sə.fəɾ/, [ɦɐ̃m.sɐ.fɐɾ], /ɦəm.sə.pʰəɾ/, [ɦɐ̃m.sɐ.pʰɐɾ]

Noun

हमसफ़र • (hamsafar) m (Urdu spelling ہمسفر)

1. fellow traveller, one who shares the road

   Synonym: सहयात्री (sahyātrī)

   • 2022, Om Gopal Sharma, नगमा-ए-मोहब्बत [nagmā-e-mohabbat, Song of Love], Blue Rose Publishers, page 110:

     मैं राह, तू मेरी हमसफ़र, मैं शब हूँ, तू मेरी सहर ।

     ma͠i rāh, tū merī hamasfar, ma͠i śab hū̃, tū merī sahar .

     I'm the road and you're my fellow traveller; I'm the night and you're the dawn.

2. (figuratively) life partner, spouse

Declension

Declension of हमसफ़र (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हमसफ़र hamsafar	हमसफ़र hamsafar
oblique	हमसफ़र hamsafar	हमसफ़रों hamsafarõ
vocative	हमसफ़र hamsafar	हमसफ़रो hamsafaro