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شہر

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See also: شهر and سہر

Punjabi

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Etymology

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    شَہَر (śaharm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਹਿਰ)

    1. city, metropolis (urban area)
      اَسِیں شَہَر توں آئے آں۔
      asīṉ śahar toṉ ā'e āṉ.
      We've come from the city.

    Declension

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    Declension of شہر
    dir. sg. شَہِر (śahir)
    dir. pl. شَہِر (śahir)
    singular plural
    direct شَہِر (śahir) شَہِر (śahir)
    oblique شَہِر (śahir) شَہِراں (śahirāṉ)
    vocative شَہِرا (śahirā) شَہِرو (śahiro)
    ablative شَہِروں (śahiroṉ) شَہِراں (śahirāṉ)
    locative شَہِرے (śahire) شَہِرِیں (śahirīṉ)
    instrumental شَہِروں (śahiroṉ)

    Further reading

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    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “شہر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “شہر”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
    • ਸ਼ਹਿਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

    Urdu

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهر (šahr), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štʿy /⁠šahr⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *xšaθram (likely through Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (xšaθra, kingdom)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (to attain). Cognate with Sanskrit क्षत्र (kṣatrá, dominion, kingdom), and Parthian 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓 (ḥštr /⁠xšahr⁠/). Doublet of کھاتا (khātā).

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      شَہْر (śahrm (Hindi spelling शहर)

      1. city (urban area)
      2. (loosely) town
        Synonym: نگر (nagar)

      Declension

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          Declension of شہر
      singular plural
      direct شَہَر (śahr) شَہَر (śahr)
      oblique شَہَر (śahr) شَہَروں (śahrõ)
      vocative شَہَر (śahr) شَہَرو (śahro)
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      Further reading

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      • شہر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      • شہر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
      • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.