شریک سفر

Urdu

Etymology

From شریک (śarīk, “participant; associate”) +‎ ِ (i, “izafat construction”) +‎ سفر (safr, “journey”), literally “an associate in a journey”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɾiːk.eː səfɾ/

Adjective

شَرِیکِ سَفْر • (śarīk-i safr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling शरीक-ए-सफ़्र)

1. better half, life companion
2. (literally) travel companion

   Synonym: ہمسفر (hamsafar)

Further reading

• “شریک+سفر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.