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 • (sahārā) m (Hindi spelling सहारा)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سَہارا (sahārā) | سَہارے (sahāre) |
| oblique | سَہارے (sahāre) | سَہاروں (sahārõ) |
| vocative | سَہارے (sahāre) | سَہارو (sahāro) |
References
- ^ 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.