شوهر

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See also: شوہر

Arabic

Verb

شُوهِرَ (šūhira) (form III) /ʃuː.hi.ra/

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of شَاهَرَ (šāhara)

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *fšautar, from Proto-Iranian *fšau- (to raise cattle), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to protect; to shepherd). Compare Khotanese (kṣondai, husband), Yidgha (šfuy, husband), Avestan 𐬟𐬱𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬥𐬝 (fšuiiant̰, husbandman, commoner).[1]

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šawhar
Dari reading? šawhar
Iranian reading? šowhar
Tajik reading? šavhar
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari شَوهَر
Iranian Persian شُوهَر
Tajik шавҳар

شُوْهَر (šowhar) (plural شوهران (šowharân) or شوهرها (šowhar-hâ))

  1. husband
    مَن و شُوْهَرَم دو تا پِسَر و سِه‌ تا دُخْتَر داریم.
    man o šowhar-am do tâ pesar o se tâ doxtar dârim.
    My husband and I have two sons and three daughters.

Inflection

Basic forms of شوهر
singular plural
bare شوهر (šowhar) شوهران، شوهرا (šowharấn, šowharấ)
definitive direct object شوهر را، شوهر رو (šowhar râ, šowharo) شوهران را، شوهرا رو (šowharấn râ, šowharấ ro)
ezâfe شوهر (šowhar-e) شوهران، شوهرای (šowharấn-e, šowharấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
شوهری (šowhar-i) شوهرانی، شوهرایی (šowharấn-i, šowharấi)

Colloquial.

Possessive forms of شوهر
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
شوهرم (šowharam) شوهرانم، شوهرام (šowharấnam, šowharấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
شوهرت (šowharat) شوهرانت، شوهرات (šowharấnat, šowharất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
شوهرش (šowharaš) شوهرانش، شوهراش (šowharấnaš, šowharấš)
1st plural
(“our”)
شوهرمان، شوهرمون (šowharemân, šowharemun) شوهرانمان، شوهرامون (šowharấnemân, šowharấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)
شوهرتان، شوهرتون (šowharetân, šowharetun) شوهرانتان، شوهراتون (šowharấnetân, šowharấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)
شوهرشان، شوهرشون (šowharešân, šowharešun) شوهرانشان، شوهراشون (šowharấnešân, šowharấšun)

Colloquial.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bengali: শওহর (śoōhor)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: शौहर (śauhar)
    Urdu: شَوہَر (śauhar)

See also

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 85