𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩

From Old Iranian *xšaθrah. Compare Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaçam) , Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀 (xšaθra) , Sanskrit क्षत्र (kṣatrá)

𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 • (štry /šahr/)

1. land, country
2. city

• Classical Persian: شَهْر (šahr)
  • Tajik: шаҳр (šahr)
  • → Azerbaijani: şəhər
  • → Assamese: চহৰ (sohor)
  • → Bengali: শহর (śohor)
  • → Crimean Tatar: şeer
  • → Dhivehi: ޝަހަރު (šaharu), ސަހަރު (saharu)
  • → Gujarati: શહેર (śaher)
  • → Gurani: شار (şar)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: शहर (śahar)

    Urdu: شَہْر (śahr)

  • → Karachay-Balkar: шахар (şaxar)
  • → Kazakh: шаһар (şahar)
  • → Kumyk: шагьар (şahar)
  • → Kyrgyz: шаар (şaar)
  • → Marathi: शहर (śahar)
  • → Nepali: सहर (sahar)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شهر (şehir) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Odia: ସହର (sahara)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਹਿਰ (śahir)

    Shahmukhi script: شہر (śahir)

  • → Uyghur: شەھەر (sheher)
  • → Uzbek: shahar

• Gignoux, Philippe (1972) Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 34b