شر

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See also: سز, سر, and ـسز

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

شَرَّ (šarra) I, non-past يَشُرُّ or يَشِرُّ‎ (yašurru or yaširru)

  1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
Conjugation

Verb

شَرَّ (šarra) I, non-past يَشُرُّ or يَشِرُّ‎ (yašurru or yaširru)

  1. to blame, to rebuke
Conjugation

Verb

شَرَّ (šarra) I, non-past يَشَرُّ‎ (yašarru)

  1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
Conjugation

Verb

شَرَّ (šarra) I, non-past يَشُرُّ‎ (yašurru)

  1. to be bad, to be evil, to act badly
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Compare Ugaritic 𐎌𐎗𐎗 (šrr).

Noun

شَرّ (šarrm (plural شُرُور (šurūr))

  1. verbal noun of شَرَّ (šarra) (form I)
  2. evil
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:11:
      وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ عَجُولًا
      wayadʕu l-ʔinsānu bi-š-šarri duʕāʔahū bi-l-ḵayri wakāna l-ʔinsānu ʕajūlan
      And man prays for evil as he prays for good. For man is ever hasty.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:7-8:
      فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ / وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ
      fa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin ḵayran yarahu / wa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin šarran yarahu
      So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, / And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.
Declension
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: շառ (šaṙ)
  • Azerbaijani: şər
  • Georgian: შარი (šari)
  • Hausa: sharri
  • Persian: شر (šarr)
  • Swahili: shari

Adjective

شَرّ (šarr) (feminine شَرَّة (šarra) or شُرَّى (šurrā), masculine plural أَشْرَار (ʔašrār) or شِرَار (širār))

  1. (used as an elative) more evil, worse; most evil, worst
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

شُرّ (šurrm

  1. verbal noun of شَرَّ (šarra) (form I)
Declension

Persian

Alternative forms

  • شرّ (šarr) (with a shadda)

Etymology

From Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

Noun

شر (šarr)

  1. evil, wickedness

Synonyms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شر (šarr), from Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

Noun

شَر (śarm (Hindi spelling शर)

  1. evil, wickedness

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu شر (šar).

Noun

شر (šar)

  1. war, battle
  2. evil