"شهر" meaning in Persian

See شهر in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ʃahɾ] [Classical-Persian], [ʃäɦɾ] [Dari, formal], [ʃäɦɾ] [Dari, formal], [ʃɑːɾ] [Kabuli], [ʃɔːɾ] (note: Hazaragi), [ʃæɦɹ] [Iran, formal], [ʃäɦɾ] [Tajik, formal] Audio: LL-Q9168 (fas)-Darafsh-شهر.wav Forms: شَهْر [canonical], šahr [romanization], شهرها [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štʿy) Persian شهر Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štry /⁠šahr⁠/) (compare Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (x-š-ç-m /⁠xšaça-⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *xšaθram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám. Compare Pashto ښار (ẍâr) and Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (xšaθra). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|inh|pal>𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩>city|id=city|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štʿy) Persian شهر, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fa|pal|𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=Phli|sort=|tr=štry|ts=šahr}} Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štry /⁠šahr⁠/), {{inh+|fa|pal|𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩|sc=Phli|tr=štry|ts=šahr}} Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štry /⁠šahr⁠/), {{cog|peo|𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶|sc=Xpeo|ts=xšaça-}} Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (x-š-ç-m /⁠xšaça-⁠/), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*xšaθram}} Proto-Iranian *xšaθram, {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*kšatrám}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám, {{cog|ps|ښار|tr=ẍâr}} Pashto ښار (ẍâr), {{cog|ae|𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀}} Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (xšaθra) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|شهرها|||||f1tr=šahr-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=شَهْر|head2=|head3=|tr=šahr|tr2=|tr3=}} شَهْر • (šahr) (plural شهرها (šahr-hâ)), {{fa-noun|head=شَهْر|pl=شهرها|tr=šahr}} شَهْر • (šahr) (plural شهرها (šahr-hâ))
  1. city, town
    Sense id: en-شهر-fa-noun-buP~kWBn
  2. (obsolete) land, country, realm Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-شهر-fa-noun-8JfZ3gYP Categories (other): Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters, Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Persian entries with etymology trees, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters: 18 16 11 56 Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Persian entries with etymology trees: 11 89 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ایرانشهر (irânšahr) (english: Iran), شهرآورد (šahr-âvard), شهردار (šahrdâr) (english: mayor), شهرسازی (šahrsâzi), شهرستان (šahrestân) (english: province), شهرنشین (šahrnešin), شهرک (šahrak) (english: town), شهری (šahri) (english: civic, urban), شهریار (šahryâr) (english: monarch, prince)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "шаҳр"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: шаҳр (šahr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: шаҳр (šahr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "şəhər",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: şəhər",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: şəhər"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "চহৰ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: চহৰ (sohor)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: চহৰ (sohor)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "শহর",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: শহর (śohor)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: শহর (śohor)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "şeer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Crimean Tatar: şeer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Crimean Tatar: şeer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dv",
            "2": "ޝަހަރު",
            "3": "ސަހަރު",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dhivehi: ޝަހަރު (šaharu), ސަހަރު (saharu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dhivehi: ޝަހަރު (šaharu), ސަހަރު (saharu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "શહેર",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: શહેર (śaher)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: શહેર (śaher)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "शहर",
            "tr": "śahr"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: शहर (śahr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: शहर (śahr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "شہر",
            "tr": "śahr, śahár, śehár"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: شہر (śahr, śahár, śehár)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: شہر (śahr, śahár, śehár)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krc",
            "2": "шахар",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Karachay-Balkar: шахар (şaxar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Karachay-Balkar: шахар (şaxar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "шаһар",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: шаһар (şahar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: шаһар (şahar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kum",
            "2": "шагьар",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kumyk: шагьар (şahar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kumyk: шагьар (şahar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "şar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: şar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: şar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "шаар",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: шаар (şaar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kyrgyz: шаар (şaar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "शहर",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: शहर (śahar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: शहर (śahar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "सहर",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Nepali: सहर (sahar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Nepali: सहर (sahar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "شهر",
            "bor": "1",
            "sc": "ota-Arab",
            "tr": "şehir"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شهر (şehir)\nTurkish: şehir\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nLatin script: šȅher\nCyrillic script: ше̏хер",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شهر (şehir)\nTurkish: şehir\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nLatin script: šȅher\nCyrillic script: ше̏хер"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਸ਼ਹਿਰ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਹਿਰ (śahir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਹਿਰ (śahir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "شہر",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "śahir"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: شہر (śahir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: شہر (śahir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "شەھەر",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: شەھەر (sheher)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: شەھەر (sheher)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "shahar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: shahar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: shahar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "pal>𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩>city",
        "id": "city",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám\nMiddle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štʿy)\nPersian شهر",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "Phli",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "štry",
        "ts": "šahr"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štry /⁠šahr⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩",
        "sc": "Phli",
        "tr": "štry",
        "ts": "šahr"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štry /⁠šahr⁠/)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶",
        "sc": "Xpeo",
        "ts": "xšaça-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (x-š-ç-m /⁠xšaça-⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*xšaθram"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *xšaθram",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*kšatrám"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "ښار",
        "tr": "ẍâr"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto ښار (ẍâr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (xšaθra)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám\nMiddle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štʿy)\nPersian شهر\nInherited from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štry /⁠šahr⁠/) (compare Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (x-š-ç-m /⁠xšaça-⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *xšaθram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám. Compare Pashto ښار (ẍâr) and Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (xšaθra).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "شَهْر",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šahr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "شهرها",
      "roman": "šahr-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "شهرها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "šahr-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "شَهْر",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "šahr",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "شَهْر • (šahr) (plural شهرها (šahr-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "شَهْر",
        "pl": "شهرها",
        "tr": "šahr"
      },
      "expansion": "شَهْر • (šahr) (plural شهرها (šahr-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Iran",
      "roman": "irânšahr",
      "word": "ایرانشهر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "šahr-âvard",
      "word": "شهرآورد"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "mayor",
      "roman": "šahrdâr",
      "word": "شهردار"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "šahrsâzi",
      "word": "شهرسازی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "province",
      "roman": "šahrestân",
      "word": "شهرستان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "šahrnešin",
      "word": "شهرنشین"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "town",
      "roman": "šahrak",
      "word": "شهرک"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "civic, urban",
      "roman": "šahri",
      "word": "شهری"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "monarch, prince",
      "roman": "šahryâr",
      "word": "شهریار"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "largest city in Iran",
          "roman": "bozorgtarin šahr-e irân",
          "text": "بزرگترین شهر ایران",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "city, town"
      ],
      "id": "en-شهر-fa-noun-buP~kWBn",
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 16 11 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology trees",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When he gave the realm of Iran to Gushtāsp,\nYou did not remember that throne at all;\nYou did not write a single letter to him,\nYou turned away from the adornment of vassalage.",
          "ref": "c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Isfandiyār”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]:",
          "roman": "čū ō šahr-i ērān ba guštāsp dād\nnay-āmad tu-rā hēč z-ān taxt yād\nsōy-i ō yakē nāma na-niwišta'ī\naz ārāyiš-i bandagī gašta'ī",
          "text": "چو او شهر ایران به گشتاسپ داد\nنیامد ترا هیچ زان تخت یاد\nسوی او یکی نامه ننوشتهای\nاز آرایش بندگی گشتهای",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "land, country, realm"
      ],
      "id": "en-شهر-fa-noun-8JfZ3gYP",
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "realm",
          "realm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) land, country, realm"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃahɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäɦɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäɦɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔːɾ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃæɦɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäɦɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "شهر"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
    "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with etymology trees",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "шаҳр"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: шаҳр (šahr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: шаҳр (šahr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "şəhər",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: şəhər",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: şəhər"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "চহৰ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: চহৰ (sohor)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: চহৰ (sohor)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "শহর",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: শহর (śohor)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: শহর (śohor)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "şeer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Crimean Tatar: şeer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Crimean Tatar: şeer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dv",
            "2": "ޝަހަރު",
            "3": "ސަހަރު",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dhivehi: ޝަހަރު (šaharu), ސަހަރު (saharu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dhivehi: ޝަހަރު (šaharu), ސަހަރު (saharu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "શહેર",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: શહેર (śaher)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: શહેર (śaher)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "शहर",
            "tr": "śahr"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: शहर (śahr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: शहर (śahr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "شہر",
            "tr": "śahr, śahár, śehár"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: شہر (śahr, śahár, śehár)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: شہر (śahr, śahár, śehár)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krc",
            "2": "шахар",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Karachay-Balkar: шахар (şaxar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Karachay-Balkar: шахар (şaxar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "шаһар",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: шаһар (şahar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: шаһар (şahar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kum",
            "2": "шагьар",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kumyk: шагьар (şahar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kumyk: шагьар (şahar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "şar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: şar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: şar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "шаар",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: шаар (şaar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kyrgyz: шаар (şaar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "शहर",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: शहर (śahar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: शहर (śahar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "सहर",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Nepali: सहर (sahar)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Nepali: सहर (sahar)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "شهر",
            "bor": "1",
            "sc": "ota-Arab",
            "tr": "şehir"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شهر (şehir)\nTurkish: şehir\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nLatin script: šȅher\nCyrillic script: ше̏хер",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شهر (şehir)\nTurkish: şehir\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nLatin script: šȅher\nCyrillic script: ше̏хер"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਸ਼ਹਿਰ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਹਿਰ (śahir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਹਿਰ (śahir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "شہر",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "śahir"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: شہر (śahir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: شہر (śahir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "شەھەر",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: شەھەر (sheher)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: شەھەر (sheher)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "shahar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: shahar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: shahar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "pal>𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩>city",
        "id": "city",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám\nMiddle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štʿy)\nPersian شهر",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "Phli",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "štry",
        "ts": "šahr"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štry /⁠šahr⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩",
        "sc": "Phli",
        "tr": "štry",
        "ts": "šahr"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štry /⁠šahr⁠/)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶",
        "sc": "Xpeo",
        "ts": "xšaça-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (x-š-ç-m /⁠xšaça-⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*xšaθram"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *xšaθram",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*kšatrám"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "ښار",
        "tr": "ẍâr"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto ښار (ẍâr)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (xšaθra)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám\nMiddle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štʿy)\nPersian شهر\nInherited from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štry /⁠šahr⁠/) (compare Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (x-š-ç-m /⁠xšaça-⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *xšaθram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám. Compare Pashto ښار (ẍâr) and Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (xšaθra).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "شَهْر",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šahr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "شهرها",
      "roman": "šahr-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "شهرها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "šahr-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "شَهْر",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "šahr",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "شَهْر • (šahr) (plural شهرها (šahr-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "شَهْر",
        "pl": "شهرها",
        "tr": "šahr"
      },
      "expansion": "شَهْر • (šahr) (plural شهرها (šahr-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "Iran",
      "roman": "irânšahr",
      "word": "ایرانشهر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šahr-âvard",
      "word": "شهرآورد"
    },
    {
      "english": "mayor",
      "roman": "šahrdâr",
      "word": "شهردار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šahrsâzi",
      "word": "شهرسازی"
    },
    {
      "english": "province",
      "roman": "šahrestân",
      "word": "شهرستان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šahrnešin",
      "word": "شهرنشین"
    },
    {
      "english": "town",
      "roman": "šahrak",
      "word": "شهرک"
    },
    {
      "english": "civic, urban",
      "roman": "šahri",
      "word": "شهری"
    },
    {
      "english": "monarch, prince",
      "roman": "šahryâr",
      "word": "شهریار"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "largest city in Iran",
          "roman": "bozorgtarin šahr-e irân",
          "text": "بزرگترین شهر ایران",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "city, town"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with obsolete senses",
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When he gave the realm of Iran to Gushtāsp,\nYou did not remember that throne at all;\nYou did not write a single letter to him,\nYou turned away from the adornment of vassalage.",
          "ref": "c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Isfandiyār”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]:",
          "roman": "čū ō šahr-i ērān ba guštāsp dād\nnay-āmad tu-rā hēč z-ān taxt yād\nsōy-i ō yakē nāma na-niwišta'ī\naz ārāyiš-i bandagī gašta'ī",
          "text": "چو او شهر ایران به گشتاسپ داد\nنیامد ترا هیچ زان تخت یاد\nسوی او یکی نامه ننوشتهای\nاز آرایش بندگی گشتهای",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "land, country, realm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "realm",
          "realm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) land, country, realm"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃahɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäɦɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäɦɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃɔːɾ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃæɦɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäɦɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9168 (fas)-Darafsh-شهر.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Darafsh-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1.wav/LL-Q9168_%28fas%29-Darafsh-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "شهر"
}

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