शर्म

शर्म

See also: श्रम

Hindi

Alternative forms

• शरम (śaram)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شرم‎ (šarm), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭥𐭬‎ (šarm), from Avestan 𐬟𐬱𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬀‎ (fšar^əma), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱormo- (“suffering, pain”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃəɾm/, /ʃə.ɾəm/, [ʃə.ɾə̃m]
• Rhymes: -əɾm

Noun

शर्म • (śarm) f (Urdu spelling شرم‎)

1. shame

   तब तुझे कोई शर्म नहीं लगी?

   tab tujhe koī śarm nahī̃ lagī?

   Did you not feel any shame then?

   Synonyms: लाज (lāj), लज्जा (lajjā)

2. bashfulness, shyness

Declension

Declension of शर्म (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शर्म śarm	शर्में śarmẽ
oblique	शर्म śarm	शर्मों śarmõ
vocative	शर्म śarm	शर्मो śarmo

Related terms

• शर्मनाक (śarmnāk, “shameful”)
• शर्माना (śarmānā, “to be shy, bashful”)
• शर्मिंदा (śarmindā, “shy, bashful”)

 

Interjection

शर्म • (śarm) (Urdu spelling شرم‎)

1. shame on you; for shame!

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Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐɾ.mɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐɾ.mɐ/

Noun

शर्म • (śarma) n

1. combining form of शर्मन् (śarman)