शग़ल

Hindi

Alternative forms

• शग़्ल (śaġla), शुग़ल (śuġal), शुग़ुल (śuġul), शुग़्ल (śuġla)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شغل (šağl, šuğl, šağal, šuğul).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɣəl/, [ʃɐ.ɣɐl], /ʃə.ɡəl/, [ʃɐ.ɡɐl]

Noun

शग़ल • (śaġal) m (Urdu spelling شغل)

1. work, occupation
2. pastime, amusement, diversion

Declension

Declension of शग़ल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शग़ल śaġal	शग़ल śaġal
oblique	शग़ल śaġal	शग़लों śaġalõ
vocative	शग़ल śaġal	शग़लो śaġalo

Derived terms

• आजकल क्या शग़ल है (ājkal kyā śaġal hai)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “sagala”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शगल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha