शगुन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शकुन (śakuna).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃə.ɡʊn/

Noun

शगुन • (śagun) m

  1. omen, augury (especially good)
    Synonyms: शकुन (śakun), सगुन (sagun), सौन (saun) (dialectal)
    Antonyms: अपशगुन (apśagun), अपसगुन (apsagun), अपशकुन (apśakun), अपसौन (apsaun) (dialectal)
  2. gift of money or sweets given at an engagement

Declension
Declension of शगुन
Singular Plural
Direct शगुन (śagun) शगुन (śagun)
Oblique शगुन (śagun) शगुनों (śagunõ)
Vocative शगुन (śagun) शगुनो (śaguno)

Derived terms
  • शगुनिया (śaguniyā, “fortune-teller, astrologer”)

References
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