See also: سز, سر, and ـسز

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

شَرَّ (šarra) I, non-past يَشُرُّ or يَشِرُّ‎ (yašurru or yaširru)

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

شَرَّ (šarra) I, non-past يَشُرُّ or يَشِرُّ‎ (yašurru or yaširru)

  1. to blame, to rebuke
Conjugation edit

Verb edit

شَرَّ (šarra) I, non-past يَشَرُّ‎ (yašarru)

  1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
Conjugation edit

Verb edit

شَرَّ (šarra) I, non-past يَشُرُّ‎ (yašurru)

  1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Ugaritic 𐎌𐎗𐎗 (šrr).

Noun edit

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 edit
  • Middle Armenian: շառ (šaṙ)
  • Azerbaijani: şər
  • Georgian: შარი (šari)
  • Hausa: sharri
  • Persian: شر (šarr)
  • Swahili: shari

Adjective edit

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 edit

Noun edit

شُرّ (šurrm

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

Alternative forms edit

  • شرّ (šarr) (with a shadda)

Etymology edit

From Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

Noun edit

شر (šarr)

  1. evil, wickedness

Synonyms edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

شَر (śarm (Hindi spelling शर)

  1. evil, wickedness

Ushojo edit

Etymology edit

From Urdu شر (šar).

Noun edit

شر (šar)

  1. war, battle
  2. evil