शगुन

Hindi

Alternative forms

• शकुन (śakun), सगुन (sagun), सौन (saun) (dialectal)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit शकुन (śakuna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɡʊn/, [ʃɐ.ɡʊ̃n]

Noun

शगुन • (śagun) m (Urdu spelling شَگُن)

1. omen, augury (especially good)

   Antonym: अपशकुन (apśakun)

2. gift of money or sweets given at an engagement

Declension

Declension of शगुन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शगुन śagun	शगुन śagun
oblique	शगुन śagun	शगुनों śagunõ
vocative	शगुन śagun	शगुनो śaguno

Derived terms

• शगुनिया (śaguniyā, “fortune-teller, astrologer”)

References

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