شر

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See also: سز, سر, and ـسز

Arabic

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    شَرَّ (šarra) I (non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru) or يَشِرُّ (yaširru), verbal noun شَرّ (šarr))

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

    Verb

    شَرَّ (šarra) I (non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru) or يَشِرُّ (yaširru), verbal noun شُرّ (šurr))

    1. to blame, to rebuke
    Conjugation

    Verb

    شَرَّ (šarra) I (first-person singular past شَرِرْتُ (šarirtu), non-past يَشَرُّ (yašarru), verbal noun شَرّ (šarr))

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

    Verb

    شَرَّ (šarra) I (first-person singular past شَرُرْتُ (šarurtu), non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru), verbal noun شَرَارَة (šarāra))

    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
    • Azerbaijani: şər
    • Classical Persian: شر (šarr)
    • Georgian: შარი (šari)
    • Hausa: sharri
    • Middle Armenian: շառ (šaṙ)
    • 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

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

    Pronunciation

    Readings
    Classical reading? šarr
    Dari reading? šarr
    Iranian reading? šarr
    Tajik reading? šarr

    Noun

    شر (šarr)

    1. evil, wickedness
      Synonym: بدی (badi)

    Urdu

    Etymology

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

    Noun

    شَر (śarm (Hindi spelling शर)

    1. evil, wickedness

    Ushojo

    Etymology

    From Pashto شر (šar).

    Noun

    شر (šar)

    1. war, battle
    2. evil