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shahr[Pehl. shatan; old P. khsatra; Zend khshathra, rt. khshi; S. क्षऽ, rt. िक्ष], s.m. A city, town:—shahr-āshob, s.m. A disturber of the peace of a city; (met.) a mistress;—a poem on a ruined city:—shahr-āshobī, s.f. Disturbance of the peace of a city:—shahr-badar, s.m. Banishment;—an exile; an outlaw:—shahr-ba-dar karnā, v.t. To expel from the town, to banish:—shahr-band, s.f. Wall of a city;—a prison:—shahr-panāh, s.f. Wall round a town; fortifications of a town, intrenchments round a town;—shahr-pūrā, s.m. Suburbs:—shahr-abrā, s.m. An intelligencer; a newsmonger, quidnunc:—shahr-ě-amoshā, s.m. 'The city of the silent'; a cemetery:—shahr-dār, s.m. A bird-catcher; a huntsman:—shahr-garīb, s.m. A stranger, a traveller:—shahr-gard, s.m. A city patrol:—shahr-gasht, s.m. A city patrol;—patroning a city; a marriage procession through a city.
Origin: Persian