# شر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

شَرَّ • (šarra) I (non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru) or يَشِرُّ (yaširru), verbal noun شَرّ (šarr))
* to be bad, to be evil, to act badly

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

شَرَّ • (šarra) I (non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru) or يَشِرُّ (yaširru), verbal noun شُرّ (šurr))
* to blame, to rebuke

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

شَرَّ • (šarra) I (first-person singular past شَرِرْتُ (šarirtu), non-past يَشَرُّ (yašarru), verbal noun شَرّ (šarr))
* to be bad, to be evil, to act badly

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

شَرَّ • (šarra) I (first-person singular past شَرُرْتُ (šarurtu), non-past يَشُرُّ (yašurru), verbal noun شَرَارَة (šarāra))
* to be bad, to be evil, to act badly

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Compare Ugaritic 𐎌𐎗𐎗 (šrr).

#### Noun

شَرّ • (šarr) m (plural شُرُور (šurūr))
* verbal noun of شَرَّ (šarra) (form I)
* evil
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:مصيبة
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:11:وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ عَجُولًاwayadʕu l-ʔinsānu bi-š-šarri duʕāʔahū bi-l-ḵayri wakāna l-ʔinsānu ʕajūlanAnd man prays for evil as he prays for good. For man is ever hasty.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:7-8:فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ / وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُfa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin ḵayran yarahu / wa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin šarran yarahuSo whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, / And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.

##### Antonyms

* خَيْر (ḵayr, “good, goodness”)

##### Derived terms

* اِتَّقِ شَرَّ الْحَلِيمِ إِذَا غَضِب (ittaqi šarra l-ḥalīmi ʔiḏā ḡaḍib, proverb)
* اِتَّقِ شَرَّ مَنْ أَحْسَنْتَ إِلَيْهِ (ittaqi šarra man ʔaḥsanta ʔilayhi, proverb)

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: şər
* → Classical Persian: شر (šarr)
* → Georgian: შარი (šari)
* → Hausa: sharri
* → Middle Armenian: շառ (šaṙ)
** Armenian: շառ (šaṙ)
* → Swahili: shari

#### Adjective

شَرّ • (šarr) (feminine شَرَّة (šarra) or شُرَّى (šurrā), masculine plural أَشْرَار (ʔašrār) or شِرَار (širār))
* (used as an elative) more evil, worse; most evil, worst

##### Derived terms

* شَرُّ الْبَلِيَّةِ مَا يُضْحِكُ (šarru l-baliyyati mā yuḍḥiku, proverb)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

شُرّ • (šurr) m
* verbal noun of شَرَّ (šarra) (form I)

##### Declension
## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃarr/

### Noun

شر • (šarr) m
* evil
** c. 1742-1850, الشيخ عبد القادر العلمي, “غيتنا يا خير هادي”, in ديوان الشيخ عبد القادر العلمي (موسوعة الملحون), الرباط: أكاديمية المملكة المغربية, published 2009, →ISBN, →OCLC:يا نور شعاع تمادي سلكني من شر العدا ومن كيد الحسودyā nūr šʕāʕ tmādi sallakni min šarr le-ʕdā w-min kīd le-ḥsūd(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʃaɾɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃäɾ(ː)]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʃäɾ(ː)]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʃäɾ(ː)]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʃäɾ(ː)]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʃæɹ(ː)]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʃäɾ(ː)]

### Noun

شر • (šarr)
* evil, wickedness
    Synonym: بدی (badi)
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1434:او ز شر عامه اندر خانه شد او ز ننگ عاقلان دیوانه شدō zi šarr-i 'āmma andar xāna šud ō zi nang-i 'āqilān dēwāna šudHe has gone into the house (and taken refuge) from the wickedness of the vulgar: he has become mad on account of the infamy of the sane.

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شر (šarr), from Arabic شَرّ (šarr).

### Noun

شَر • (śar) m (Hindi spelling शर)
* evil, wickedness

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Pashto شر (šar).

### Noun

شر (šar)
* war, battle
* evil