شگن

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शकुन (śakuna).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɡʊn/

Noun

شَگُن • (śagun) m (Hindi spelling शगुन)

1. omen, augury (especially good)
2. gift of money or sweets given at an engagement

Derived terms

• شگنیہ (“fortune-teller, astrologer”)

References

• “شگن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شگن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.