शुमार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شمار (šumār). Related to Sanskrit स्मरति (smarati). Compare Bengali শুমার (śumar), Gujarati શુમાર (śumār), Kannada ಸುಮಾರು (sumāru), Malayalam സുമാറു (sumāṟu), Marathi सुमार (sumār), Odia ସୁମାର୍ (sumar), Punjabi ਸ਼ੁਮਾਰ (śumār), Tamil சுமார் (cumār), Telugu సుమారు (sumāru).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃʊ.mɑːɾ/, [ʃʊ.mäːɾ]

Noun

शुमार • (śumār) f (Urdu spelling شمار)

1. counting
2. number, amount
3. regard, account, estimation

Declension

Declension of शुमार (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शुमार śumār	शुमारें śumārẽ
oblique	शुमार śumār	शुमारों śumārõ
vocative	शुमार śumār	शुमारो śumāro

Derived terms

• शुमार करना (śumār karnā, “to count, reckon”)
• शुमार बाँधना (śumār bāndhnā, “to estimate”)

Related terms

• बेशुमार (beśumār, “innumerable”)
• शुमारी (śumārī, “enumeration”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शुमार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press