शुमार
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian شمار (šumār). Related to Sanskrit स्मरति (smarati). Compare Bengali শুমার (śumar), Gujarati શુમાર (śumār), Kannada ಸುಮಾರು (sumāru), Malayalam സുമാറു (sumāṟu), Marathi सुमार (sumār), Odia ସୁମାର୍ (sumar), Punjabi ਸ਼ੁਮਾਰ (śumār), Tamil சுமார் (cumār), Telugu సుమారు (sumāru).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
शुमार • (śumār) f (Urdu spelling شمار)
Declension edit
Declension of शुमार (fem cons-stem)
Derived terms edit
- शुमार करना (śumār karnā, “to count, reckon”)
- शुमार बाँधना (śumār bāndhnā, “to estimate”)
Related terms edit
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शुमार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press