शराब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شراب (šarāb), from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb). Compare Bengali শরাব (śorab), Punjabi ਸ਼ਰਾਬ (śarāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃəˈɾa(ː)b]
• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɾɑːb/, [ʃɐ.ɾäːb]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

शराब • (śarāb) f (Urdu spelling شراب)

1. alcohol
2. alcoholic drink
3. wine

Declension

Declension of शराब (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शराब śarāb	शराबें śarābẽ
oblique	शराब śarāb	शराबों śarābõ
vocative	शराब śarāb	शराबो śarābo

Derived terms

• शराबी (śarābī)
• शराब ख़ाना (śarāb xānā) / शराबखाना (śarābkhānā)
• शराबख़ोर (śarābxor) / शराबखोर (śarābkhor)
• शराबखोरी (śarābkhorī)
• शराबज़दा (śarābazdā)
• शराबबंदी (śarābbandī)
• शराबुनतहूरा (śarābunathūrā) / शराब-ए-तहूरा (śarāb-e-tahūrā)

References

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