शऊर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• सहूर (sahūr) — regional

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شُعُور (šu'ūr), from Arabic شُعُور (šuʕūr).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.uːɾ/, [ʃɐ.uːɾ]
• Rhymes: -uːɾ
• Hyphenation: श‧ऊर

Noun

शऊर • (śaūr) m (Urdu spelling شُعُور)

1. knowledge, wisdom, good sense

   Synonym: समझ (samajh)

2. good manners or behaviour, decency

   Synonym: शिष्टता (śiṣṭatā)

Declension

Declension of शऊर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शऊर śaūr	शऊर śaūr
oblique	शऊर śaūr	शऊरों śaūrõ
vocative	शऊर śaūr	शऊरो śaūro

Derived terms

• बाशऊर (bāśaūr, “wise”)
• बेशऊर (beśaūr, “ignorant”)
  • बेशऊरी (beśaūrī, “ignorance”)
• शऊरदार (śaūrdār, “intelligible”)
  • शऊरदारी (śaūrdārī, “intelligibility”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शऊर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शऊर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.