شگن

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • شَكُن (śakun)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit शकुन (śakuna).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَگُن • (śagun) m (Hindi spelling शगुन)

  1. omen, augury (especially good)
  2. gift of money or sweets given at an engagement

Derived terms

  • شگنیہ (“fortune-teller, astrologer”)

References

  • “شگن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “شگن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
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