شور

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See also: سؤر, سور, سؤز, and سوز

Khalaj

Adjective

شور (şôr, şûor)

  1. Arabic spelling of şôr, şûor (salty)

Khowar

Etymology

From Sanskrit शत (śata), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćatám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Compare Hindi सौ (sau), Urdu سو (sau), Gujarati સો (so), Assamese (xo).

Numeral

شور (šor)

  1. hundred

References

  • Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2022) “شور”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 2023-01-19.

Malay

Noun

شور (plural شور-شور or شور۲, informal 1st possessive شورکو, 2nd possessive شورمو, 3rd possessive شورڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of syor‎.

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šōr
Dari reading? šōr
Iranian reading? šur
Tajik reading? šür

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Parthian 𐫢𐫇𐫡 (šwr /⁠šōr⁠/); compare with Middle Persian (swr /⁠sōr⁠/). cognate with Northern Kurdish şor, sûr, Central Kurdish سوێر (swêr), Baluchi شور (šōr, šowr), Baluchi سور (sowr), Harzani سور (sür) and Pashto ښرنه (x̌arǝ́na, saline). Perhaps from Proto-Iranian *sauraH (salty), from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (sour; salty).

Adjective

Dari شور
Iranian Persian
Tajik шӯр

شور (šur)

  1. salty (of taste)
    Coordinate terms: شیرین (širin), تلخ (talx), ترش (torš), تند (tond)
Descendants
  • Khalaj: şôr
  • Uzbek: shoʻr

Etymology 2

Derived from the verb شوریدن (šuridan), شولیدن (šulidan).

Noun

شور (šur)

  1. excitement
  2. uproar, clamor
  3. Dastgāh-e Šur, one of the seven dastgahs of Persian Music.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

شور (šur)

  1. present stem form of شستن (šostan, to wash)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian شور (šōr).

Noun

شور (śorm (Hindi spelling शोर)

  1. noise
  2. uproar, clamor

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu شور (šōr).

Noun

شور (šōr)

  1. noise
  2. uproar, clamor