شهر

See also: شہر and سہر

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ه ر (š-h-r). The meaning “month” can be considered a semantic loan from Aramaic סהרא, but compare Old South Arabian 𐩦𐩠𐩧 (beginning of the lunar month).

Pronunciation

  • Verb I: IPA(key): /ʃa.ha.ra/
  • Verb II: IPA(key): /ʃah.ha.ra/
  • Noun: IPA(key): /ʃahr/
  • Noun:
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Verb

شَهَرَ (šahara) I, non-past يَشْهَرُ‎ (yašharu)

  1. to spread, to make known, to divulge
  2. to make well-known, to make famous, to make notorious
  3. to proclaim, to announce
  4. to draw (a weapon), to unsheathe

Conjugation

Verb

شَهَّرَ (šahhara) II, non-past يُشَهِّرُ‎ (yušahhiru)

  1. to make well-known, to make famous, to make notorious
  2. to spread, to make known, to divulge
  3. to proclaim, to announce
  4. to defame, to slander, to revile, to pillory, to condemn, to denounce

Conjugation

Noun

شَهْر (šahr) m (plural أَشْهُر (ʾašhur) or شُهُور (šuhūr))

  1. verbal noun of شَهَرَ (šahara) (form I)
  2. month (unit of time)
  3. new moon (beginning of the lunar month)
    شَهْر الْعَسَل (šahr al-ʿasal, honeymoon)

Declension

References

  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 186–187
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), شهر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 680

Moroccan Arabic

Noun

شهر (šhr)

  1. month

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian شهر (šahr).

Noun

شهر (şehir)

  1. city
  2. town
  3. borough

Persian

Dari Persian شهر
Iranian Persian شهر
Tajiki Persian шаҳр (šahr)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (šahr). Compare Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaça-).

Pronunciation

Noun

شهر (šahr) (plural شهرها (šahr-hâ))

  1. (obsolete) land, country
  2. city, town

Descendants

References

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