See also: سز, سر, and ـسز

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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شَرَّ (šarra) I (non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru) or يَشِرُّ (yaširru), verbal noun شَرّ (šarr))

  1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
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شَرَّ (šarra) I (non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru) or يَشِرُّ (yaširru), verbal noun شُرّ (šurr))

  1. to blame, to rebuke
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شَرَّ (šarra) I (first-person singular past شَرِرْتُ (šarirtu), non-past يَشَرُّ (yašarru), verbal noun شَرّ (šarr))

  1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
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Verb

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شَرَّ (šarra) I (first-person singular past شَرُرْتُ (šarurtu), non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru), verbal noun شَرَارَة (šarāra))

  1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
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Etymology 2

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Compare Ugaritic 𐎌𐎗𐎗 (šrr).

Noun

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شَرّ (šarrm (plural شُرُور (šurūr))

  1. verbal noun of شَرَّ (šarra) (form I)
  2. evil
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:11:
      وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ عَجُولًا
      wayadʕu l-ʔinsānu bi-š-šarri duʕāʔahū bi-l-ḵayri wakāna l-ʔinsānu ʕajūlan
      And man prays for evil as he prays for good. For man is ever hasty.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:7-8:
      فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ / وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ
      fa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin ḵayran yarahu / wa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin šarran yarahu
      So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, / And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: şər
  • Classical Persian: شر (šarr)
  • Georgian: შარი (šari)
  • Hausa: sharri
  • Middle Armenian: շառ (šaṙ)
  • Swahili: shari

Adjective

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شَرّ (šarr) (feminine شَرَّة (šarra) or شُرَّى (šurrā), masculine plural أَشْرَار (ʔašrār) or شِرَار (širār))

  1. (used as an elative) more evil, worse; most evil, worst
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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شُرّ (šurrm

  1. verbal noun of شَرَّ (šarra) (form I)
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šarr
Dari reading? šarr
Iranian reading? šarr
Tajik reading? šarr

Noun

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شر (šarr)

  1. evil, wickedness
    Synonym: بدی (badi)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian شر (šarr), from Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

Noun

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شَر (śarm (Hindi spelling शर)

  1. evil, wickedness

Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Urdu شر (šar).

Noun

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شر (šar)

  1. war, battle
  2. evil