Etymology

sahari

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Today it means: Synonym of suhur. Full definition →

Classical Persian سَحَرِی ← Hindustani ← Arabic سَحَر
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromسَحَر“dawn”
  2. Hindustani · borrowed from
  3. Classical Persian · borrowed fromسَحَرِی
  4. English todaysahari

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَحَرِی (saharī), with the variants sahri and sehri by way of Hindustani سَحْری (sahrī) / सहरी (sahrī), ultimately from Arabic سَحَر (saḥar, “dawn”).

Words from the same roots

Arabicسَحَر all →

suhur

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.