शारजाह

Hindi

Etymology

From Gulf Arabic الشارجة‎ (aš-šārja)[1], probably with influence from Persian شارجه‎ (šârje). Compare Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة‎ (aš-šāriqa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɑːɾ.d͡ʒɑːʱ/

Proper noun

शारजाह • (śārjāh) ? (Urdu spelling شارجہ‎)

  1. Sharjah (an emirate in the United Arab Emirates)
  2. Sharjah (a city, the regional capital of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)

References
  1. Hamdi A. Qafisheh (1997) NTC's Gulf Arabic-English dictionary, NTC Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 351
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