शगुन
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Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit शकुन (śakuna).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
शगुन • (śagun) m (Urdu spelling شَگُن)
- omen, augury (especially good)
- Antonym: अपशकुन (apśakun)
- gift of money or sweets given at an engagement
Declension[edit]
Declension of शगुन (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
- शगुनिया (śaguniyā, “fortune-teller, astrologer”)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शगुन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press