şehir

Meaning

city (large settlement)

Concepts

city

🏙️

town

🏙️

place

settlement

village

Main Street

outport

capital

outharbour

chorography

hometown

Synonyms

kent

🏙️

belde

kale

kentsel

başkent

köy

ilçe

kasaba

Hyphenated as

şe‧hir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃeˈhiɾ/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám
Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štʿy)
Classical Persian شهرbor.
Ottoman Turkish شهر
Turkish şehir
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شهر (şehir), from Classical Persian شَهْر (šahr).

Sentences

Şehir halkının çoğu bu iki sektörde istihdam edilmektedirler.

Most of the city's people are employed in these two sectors.