شاعر

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of شَعَرَ (šaʕara, to know).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaː.ʕir/

Noun

شَاعِر • (šāʕir) m (plural شُعَرَاء (šuʕarāʔ), feminine شَاعِرَة (šāʕira))

  1. poet
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 23:224:
      وَٱلشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُونَ
      waš-šuʕarāʔu yattabiʕuhumu l-ḡāwūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. bard

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: şair
  • Bashkir: шағир (şağir)
  • Chagatai: شاعر
  • Classical Persian: شاعر (šā'ir)
    • Gojri: شاعِر (śāir)
    • Gujarati: શાયર (śāyar)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: शायर (śāyar)
      Urdu: شَاعِر (śā'ir)
    • Marathi: शाहीर (śāhīr)
    • Marwari:
      Devanagari script: सायर (sāyar)
      Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅛𑅭 (sjr)
    • Nepali: सायर (sāyar)
    • Old Punjabi: ਸਾਇਰੁ (sāiru)
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਇਰ (śāira)
        Shahmukhi script: شاعِر (śā‘ir)
    • Rohingya: cáaer
    • Sindhi:
      Arabic script: شاعِرُ
      Devanagari script: शाइरु
      Khudawadi script: 𑋜𑋠𑊲𑋙𑋣 (śāiru)
  • Malay: syair
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاعر (şâir)
  • Pashto: شاعر
  • Tatar: шагыйрь (şağıyr’)
  • Turkmen: şahyr

Azerbaijani

Noun

شاعر

  1. Arabic spelling of şair

Baluchi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir).

Noun

شاعر • (transliteration needed)

  1. poet

Gojri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: شا‧عِر

Noun

شاعِر (śāir) m

  1. poet, writer, versifier, lyricist

Further reading

  • Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 295.
  • Javaid Rahi (2015) “شاعِرْ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 633, column 1.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعر • (şâir)

  1. poet

Descendants

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعر • (šā'ír) m

  1. poet

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شاعِر (šāʕir).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɑːʔ.ˈɪɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃɑː.ˈɪɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃɔː.ˈiɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? šā'ir
Dari reading? šā'ir
Iranian reading? šâ'er
Tajik reading? šoʾir

Noun

Dari شاعر
Iranian Persian
Tajik шоир

شاعر • (šâ'er) (plural شاعران (šâ'erân) or شاعرها (šâ'er-hâ) or شعرا (šo'arâ))

  1. poet

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Gojri: شاعِر (śāir)
  • Gujarati: શાયર (śāyar)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: शायर (śāyar)
    Urdu: شَاعِر (śā'ir)
  • Marathi: शाहीर (śāhīr)
  • Marwari:
    Devanagari script: सायर (sāyar)
    Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅛𑅭 (sjr)
  • Nepali: सायर (sāyar)
  • Old Punjabi: ਸਾਇਰੁ (sāiru)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਾਇਰ (śāira)
      Shahmukhi script: شاعِر (śā‘ir)
  • Rohingya: cáaer
  • Sindhi:
    Arabic script: شاعِرُ
    Devanagari script: शाइरु
    Khudawadi script: 𑋜𑋠𑊲𑋙𑋣 (śāiru)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعِر • (śā‘ir) m

  1. poet

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “شاعِر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعِرُ • (śā'iru) m

  1. poet

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “شاعِرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • شاعر”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866-1938

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃɑː.(ʔ)ɪɾ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪɾ
  • Hyphenation: شَا‧عِر

Noun

شَاعِر • (śā'ir) m (formal plural شعرا, feminine شاعرہ, Hindi spelling शायर)

  1. poet
    Synonym: کَوِ (kavi)

Declension

(colloquial)

Declension of شاعر
singular plural
direct شاعر (śāyar) شاعر (śāyar)
oblique شاعر (śāyar) شاعروں (śāyarō̃)
vocative شاعر (śāyar) شاعرو (śāyarō)

(standard)

Declension of شاعر
singular plural
direct شاعر (śāyar) شعرا (śorā)
oblique شاعر (śāyar) شعرا (śorā)
vocative شاعر (śāyar) شعرا (śorā)

References

  • شاعر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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