سہارا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀸𑀭 (sahāra), 𑀲𑀳𑀬𑀸𑀭 (sahayāra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit सहकार (sahakāra).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.ɦɑː.ɾɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Homophone: صَحارا (sahārā)

Noun

سَہارا • (sahārām (Hindi spelling सहारा)

  1. support; dependence
  2. backing; buttress
  3. help, assistance, aid

Declension

Declension of سہارا
singular plural
direct سَہارا (sahārā) سَہارے (sahāre)
oblique سَہارے (sahāre) سَہاروں (sahārõ)
vocative سَہارے (sahāre) سَہارو (sahāro)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sahakāra¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “سہارا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 799
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “سہارا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 705
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سہارا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 393
  • سہارا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • John Shakespear (1834), “سہارا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1128
  • سہارا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.