شاعر

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Derived from the active participle of شَعَرَ (šaʕara, to know).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَاعِر (šāʕirm (plural شُعَرَاء (šuʕarāʔ), feminine شَاعِرَة (šāʕira))

  1. poet
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 23:224:
      وَٱلشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُونَ
      waš-šuʕarāʔu yattabiʕuhumu l-ḡāwūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. bard
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

شَاعَرَ (šāʕara) III (non-past يُشَاعِرُ (yušāʕiru), verbal noun مُشَاعَرَة (mušāʕara))

  1. to vie as a poet with
Conjugation

Further reading

Azerbaijani

Noun

شاعر

  1. Arabic spelling of şair

Baluchi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir).

Noun

شاعر (transliteration needed)

  1. poet

Gojri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: شا‧عِر

Noun

شاعِر (śā'irm

  1. poet, writer, versifier, lyricist

Further reading

  • Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 295.
  • Javaid Rahi (2015) “شاعِرْ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 633, column 1.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعر (şâir)

  1. poet

Descendants

Pashto

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعر (šā'írm

  1. poet

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شاعِر (šāʕir).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šā'ir
Dari reading? šā'ir
Iranian reading? šâ'er
Tajik reading? šoʾir
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari شاعر
Iranian Persian
Tajik шоир

شاعر (šâ'er) (plural شاعران (šâ'erân) or شاعرها (šâ'er-hâ) or شعرا (šo'arâ))

  1. poet

Derived terms

Descendants

Punjabi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Noun

شاعِر (śā‘irm

  1. poet

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “شاعِر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Pronunciation

Noun

شاعِرُ (śā'irum

  1. poet

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “شاعِرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • شاعر”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاعر (šā'ir), from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَاعِر (śā'irm (formal plural شعرا, feminine شاعرہ, Hindi spelling शायर)

  1. poet
    Synonym: کَوی (kavi)

Declension

(colloquial)

    Declension of شاعر
singular plural
direct شاعر (śāyar) شاعر (śāyar)
oblique شاعر (śāyar) شاعروں (śāyarõ)
vocative شاعر (śāyar) شاعرو (śāyaro)

(standard)

    Declension of شاعر
singular plural
direct شاعر (śāyar) شعرا (śorā)
oblique شاعر (śāyar) شعرا (śorā)
vocative شاعر (śāyar) شعرا (śorā)

References

  • شاعر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.