शर्म

See also: श्रम

Hindi

Alternative forms

शरम (śaram)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃəɾm/, [ʃɐɾm], /ʃə.ɾəm/, [ʃɐ.ɾɐ̃m]
Rhymes: -əɾm

Noun

शर्म • (śarm) f (Urdu spelling شرم)

shame
Synonyms: लाज (lāj), लज्जा (lajjā)

तब तुझे कोई शर्म नहीं लगी?
tab tujhe koī śarm nahī̃ lagī?
Did you not feel any shame then?
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

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

Interjection

शर्म • (śarm) (Urdu spelling شرم)

shame on you; for shame!

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐɾ.mɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐɾ.mɐ/

Noun

शर्म • (śarma) stem, n

Combining form of शर्मन् (śarman)

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