شاعر

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of شَعَرَ (šaʕara, “to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaː.ʕir/

Noun

شَاعِر • (šāʕir) m (plural شُعَرَاء (šuʕarāʔ), feminine شَاعِرَة (šāʕira))

1. poet
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 23:224:

     وَٱلشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُونَ

     waš-šuʕarāʔu yattabiʕuhumu l-ḡāwūna

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. bard

Declension

Declension of noun شَاعِر (šāʕir)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاعِر šāʕir	الشَّاعِر aš-šāʕir	شَاعِر šāʕir	شَاعِرَة šāʕira	الشَّاعِرَة aš-šāʕira	شَاعِرَة šāʕirat
Nominative	شَاعِرٌ šāʕirun	الشَّاعِرُ aš-šāʕiru	شَاعِرُ šāʕiru	شَاعِرَةٌ šāʕiratun	الشَّاعِرَةُ aš-šāʕiratu	شَاعِرَةُ šāʕiratu
Accusative	شَاعِرًا šāʕiran	الشَّاعِرَ aš-šāʕira	شَاعِرَ šāʕira	شَاعِرَةً šāʕiratan	الشَّاعِرَةَ aš-šāʕirata	شَاعِرَةَ šāʕirata
Genitive	شَاعِرٍ šāʕirin	الشَّاعِرِ aš-šāʕiri	شَاعِرِ šāʕiri	شَاعِرَةٍ šāʕiratin	الشَّاعِرَةِ aš-šāʕirati	شَاعِرَةِ šāʕirati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاعِرَيْن šāʕirayn	الشَّاعِرَيْن aš-šāʕirayn	شَاعِرَيْ šāʕiray	شَاعِرَتَيْن šāʕiratayn	الشَّاعِرَتَيْن aš-šāʕiratayn	شَاعِرَتَيْ šāʕiratay
Nominative	شَاعِرَانِ šāʕirāni	الشَّاعِرَانِ aš-šāʕirāni	شَاعِرَا šāʕirā	شَاعِرَتَانِ šāʕiratāni	الشَّاعِرَتَانِ aš-šāʕiratāni	شَاعِرَتَا šāʕiratā
Accusative	شَاعِرَيْنِ šāʕirayni	الشَّاعِرَيْنِ aš-šāʕirayni	شَاعِرَيْ šāʕiray	شَاعِرَتَيْنِ šāʕiratayni	الشَّاعِرَتَيْنِ aš-šāʕiratayni	شَاعِرَتَيْ šāʕiratay
Genitive	شَاعِرَيْنِ šāʕirayni	الشَّاعِرَيْنِ aš-šāʕirayni	شَاعِرَيْ šāʕiray	شَاعِرَتَيْنِ šāʕiratayni	الشَّاعِرَتَيْنِ aš-šāʕiratayni	شَاعِرَتَيْ šāʕiratay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote			sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شُعَرَاء šuʕarāʔ	الشُّعَرَاء aš-šuʕarāʔ	شُعَرَاء šuʕarāʔ	شَاعِرَات‎; شَوَاعِر šāʕirāt‎; šawāʕir	الشَّاعِرَات‎; الشَّوَاعِر aš-šāʕirāt‎; aš-šawāʕir	شَاعِرَات‎; شَوَاعِر šāʕirāt‎; šawāʕir
Nominative	شُعَرَاءُ šuʕarāʔu	الشُّعَرَاءُ aš-šuʕarāʔu	شُعَرَاءُ šuʕarāʔu	شَاعِرَاتٌ‎; شَوَاعِرُ šāʕirātun‎; šawāʕiru	الشَّاعِرَاتُ‎; الشَّوَاعِرُ aš-šāʕirātu‎; aš-šawāʕiru	شَاعِرَاتُ‎; شَوَاعِرُ šāʕirātu‎; šawāʕiru
Accusative	شُعَرَاءَ šuʕarāʔa	الشُّعَرَاءَ aš-šuʕarāʔa	شُعَرَاءَ šuʕarāʔa	شَاعِرَاتٍ‎; شَوَاعِرَ šāʕirātin‎; šawāʕira	الشَّاعِرَاتِ‎; الشَّوَاعِرَ aš-šāʕirāti‎; aš-šawāʕira	شَاعِرَاتِ‎; شَوَاعِرَ šāʕirāti‎; šawāʕira
Genitive	شُعَرَاءَ šuʕarāʔa	الشُّعَرَاءِ aš-šuʕarāʔi	شُعَرَاءِ šuʕarāʔi	شَاعِرَاتٍ‎; شَوَاعِرَ šāʕirātin‎; šawāʕira	الشَّاعِرَاتِ‎; الشَّوَاعِرِ aš-šāʕirāti‎; aš-šawāʕiri	شَاعِرَاتِ‎; شَوَاعِرِ šāʕirāti‎; šawāʕiri

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şair
• → Bashkir: шағир (şağir)
• → Chagatai: شاعر
  • Uyghur: شائىر (sha'ir)
  • Uzbek: shoir
• → Classical Persian: شاعر (šā'ir)
  • → Gojri: شاعِر (śāir)
  • → Gujarati: શાયર (śāyar)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: शायर (śāyar)

    Urdu: شَاعِر (śā'ir)

  • → Marathi: शाहीर (śāhīr)
  • → Marwari:

    Devanagari script: सायर (sāyar)

    Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅛𑅭 (sjr)

  • → Nepali: सायर (sāyar)
  • → Old Punjabi: ਸਾਇਰੁ (sāiru)
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਇਰ (śāira)

      Shahmukhi script: شاعِر (śā‘ir)

  • → Rohingya: cáaer
  • → Sindhi:

    Arabic script: شاعِرُ

    Devanagari script: शाइरु

    Khudawadi script: 𑋜𑋠𑊲𑋙𑋣 (śāiru)

• → Malay: syair
  • Indonesian: syair
  • → English: syair
• → Ottoman Turkish: شاعر (şâir)
  • Turkish: şair
  • → Romanian: șair
• → Pashto: شاعر
• → Tatar: шагыйрь (şağıyr’)
• → Turkmen: şahyr

Azerbaijani

Noun

شاعر

1. Arabic spelling of şair

Baluchi

Alternative forms

• شاہر (šáhar, šáhir)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir).

Noun

شاعر • (transliteration needed)

1. poet

Gojri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: شا‧عِر

Noun

شاعِر (śāir) m

1. poet, writer, versifier, lyricist

Further reading

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 295.
• Javaid Rahi (2015) “شاعِرْ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 633, column 1.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعر • (şâir)

1. poet

Related terms

• شاعره (şâire)
• شعر (şi'r)

Descendants

• Turkish: şair
• → Romanian: șair

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعر • (šā'ír) m

1. poet

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شاعِر (šāʕir).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːʔ.ˈiɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːʔ.ˈɪɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑːʔ.ˈɪɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ˈɪɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.ˈiɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒːʔ.ˈeɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔʔ.ˈiɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šā'ir
Dari reading?	šā'ir
Iranian reading?	šâ'er
Tajik reading?	šoʾir

Noun

Dari	شاعر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шоир

شاعر • (šâ'er) (plural شاعران (šâ'erân) or شاعرها (šâ'er-hâ) or شعرا (šo'arâ))

1. poet

Derived terms

• شاعرانه (šâ'erâne)

Related terms

• شاعره (šâ'ere)
• شعر (še'r)

Descendants

• → Gojri: شاعِر (śāir)
• → Gujarati: શાયર (śāyar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शायर (śāyar)

  Urdu: شَاعِر (śā'ir)

• → Marathi: शाहीर (śāhīr)
• → Marwari:

  Devanagari script: सायर (sāyar)

  Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅛𑅭 (sjr)

• → Nepali: सायर (sāyar)
• → Old Punjabi: ਸਾਇਰੁ (sāiru)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਇਰ (śāira)

    Shahmukhi script: شاعِر (śā‘ir)

• → Rohingya: cáaer
• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: شاعِرُ

  Devanagari script: शाइरु

  Khudawadi script: 𑋜𑋠𑊲𑋙𑋣 (śāiru)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعِر • (śā‘ir) m

1. poet

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “شاعِر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعِرُ • (śā'iru) m

1. poet

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “شاعِرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• “شاعر”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866-1938

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.(ʔ)ɪɾ/

• Audio (PK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪɾ
• Hyphenation: شَا‧عِر

Noun

شَاعِر • (śā'ir) m (formal plural شعرا, feminine شاعرہ, Hindi spelling शायर)

1. poet

   Synonym: کَوِ (kavi)

Declension

(colloquial)

Declension of شاعر
	singular	plural
direct	شاعر (śāyar)	شاعر (śāyar)
oblique	شاعر (śāyar)	شاعروں (śāyarō̃)
vocative	شاعر (śāyar)	شاعرو (śāyarō)

(standard)

Declension of شاعر
	singular	plural
direct	شاعر (śāyar)	شعرا (śorā)
oblique	شاعر (śāyar)	شعرا (śorā)
vocative	شاعر (śāyar)	شعرا (śorā)

Related terms

• شاعری (śā'irī)
• شاعرہ (śā'irā)
• شعر (śer)

References

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