sohor

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic شُهُور (šuhūr) or reanalysis of masohor variant borrowing of مَشْهُور (mašhūr) thus doublet of masyhur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoho(r)/
• Rhymes: -oho(r), -ho(r), -o(r)

Adjective

sohor (Jawi spelling سوهور, comparative lebih sohor, superlative paling sohor)

1. famous; popular; renowned

   Synonyms: masyhur, popular, terkenal, termasyhur

Verb

menyohor

1. to rise in fame, to trend

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• kesohor [passive] (ke-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• sohor kini (“trending”)
• tersohor

Descendants

• Indonesian: sohor

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “sohor”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 4840

Further reading

• "sohor" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Naga Pidgin

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.

Assamese চহৰ (sohor)

Naga Pidgin sohor

Inherited from Assamese চহৰ (sohor).

Noun

sohor

1. city