શહેર

Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tek-

Proto-Indo-European *tk-e-trómder.?

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štʿy)

Classical Persian شَهْر (šahr)bor.

Gujarati શહેર

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهْر (šahr). Doublet of ખાતું (khātũ) and ક્ષત્ર (kṣatra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈʃə.ɦɛɾ/, /ˈsə.ɦɛɾ/, [ˈʃɛ̤ɾ], [ˈsɛ̤ɾ]
• Rhymes: -ɛɾ
• Hyphenation: શ‧હેર

Noun

શહેર • (śahěr) n

1. city, town (urban area)

   Synonyms: નગરી (nagrī), પુર (pur)

   Antonym: ગામ (gām)

Further reading

• ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944), “શહેર”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 8286.
• “શહેર”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Edalji, Shapurji (1863), “શહેર”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English‎^[1], Atmaram Sagun, page 778
• Framji, Ardesar (1862), “શહેર”, in A Compendium of the English and Gujarati Dictionary‎^[2], page 70