شہری

Urdu

Etymology

From شہر (śahr, “city; urban area”) +‎ ـی (-ī)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃəɦ.ɾiː/, [ʃɛʱ.ɾiː]
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: شَہ‧ری

Adjective

شَہْری • (śahrī) (Hindi spelling शहरी)

1. urban; pertaining to the city.

Noun

شَہْری • (śahrī) m (Hindi spelling शहरी)

1. citizen

   Synonym: ناگرک

Declension

Declension of شہری
	singular	plural
direct	شہری (śaharī)	شہری (śaharī)
oblique	شہری (śaharī)	شہریوں (śahariyō̃)
vocative	شہری (śaharī)	شہریو (śahariyō)

Derived terms

• شہریت (śahariyat, “citizenship”)

Further reading

• “شہری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شہری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شہری”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.