शोर (shor)
noun
A single-sense everyday noun meaning 'noise' or 'racket' -- covers everything from traffic din to a classroom getting loud, and appears in several common fixed phrases.
Sense
1
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noise, din, racket
noun, masculine
Synonyms: हल्ला (hallaa), शोर-शराबा (shor-sharaabaa, emphatic/compound form), आवाज़ (aavaaz, meaning scope: general sound, not necessarily unwanted)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Any Delhi parent will say बच्चों, शोर मत करो (bachchon, shor mat karo, 'kids, don't make noise') on a near-daily basis -- शोर मचाना (shor machaanaa) is the go-to verb pairing, using मचाना (machaanaa, 'to stir up/create a commotion') rather than a plain 'to make.' You'll also hear it in civic contexts like ध्वनि प्रदूषण (dhvani pradooshan, 'noise pollution') debates about Delhi traffic and loudspeakers, though that compound uses ध्वनि (dhvani) rather than शोर (shor) in the formal term itself.
Common Mistakes: 1) शोर (shor) is used with मत करो (mat karo, 'don't make') or मचाना (machaanaa, 'to kick up') more often than with बनाना (banaanaa) -- learners sometimes reach for बनाना (banaanaa) by analogy with English 'make noise,' but शोर मचाना (shor machaanaa, 'to kick up a racket') is the natural collocation. 2) शोर (shor) is uncountable in the way English 'noise' is -- there's no natural plural use for 'several noises'; a specific sound is आवाज़ (aavaaz) instead.
Sample Sentences:
बच्चों, शोर मत करो!
Kids, don't make noise!
(bachchon, shor mat karo!)
बाहर सड़क पर बहुत शोर हो रहा है।
There is a lot of noise happening outside on the road.
(baahar sadak par bahut shor ho rahaa hai।)
बच्चे पूरे घर में शोर मचाते रहते हैं।
The kids keep making a racket all over the house.
(bachche poore ghar men shor machaate rahte hain।)
कल रात पड़ोस में इतना शोर हुआ कि मुझे नींद ही नहीं आई।
There was so much noise in the neighborhood last night that I couldn't even sleep.
(kal raat pados men itnaa shor huaa ki mujhe niind hii nahiin aaii।)
अगर तुम शोर नहीं मचाओगे तो मैं तुम्हें कहानी सुनाऊँगी।
If you don't make noise, I'll tell you a story.
(agar tum shor nahiin machaaoge to main tumhen kahaanii sunaaoongii।)
अगर वह इतना शोर न मचाता तो शायद टीचर उसे डाँटती नहीं।
If he hadn't made so much noise, maybe the teacher wouldn't have scolded him.
(agar vah itnaa shor n machaataa to shaayad tiichar use daanttii nahiin।)
मीटिंग के दौरान इतना शोर न करें।
Please don't make so much noise during the meeting.
(miiting ke dauraan itnaa shor n karen।)
दिल्ली में ट्रैफिक और लाउडस्पीकरों से इतना शोर होता है कि ध्वनि प्रदूषण पर बहस छिड़ जाती है।
There is so much noise from traffic and loudspeakers in Delhi that debates about noise pollution flare up.
(dillii men traiphik aur laaudaspiikron se itnaa shor hotaa hai ki dhvani pradooshan par bahas chhid jaatii hai।)
इस बात का इतना शोर मचाने की क्या ज़रूरत थी?
What was the need to make such a big fuss about this matter?
(is baat kaa itnaa shor machaane kii kyaa zaroorat thii?)
शोर के कारण उसकी बात किसी ने सुनी ही नहीं।
Because of the noise, nobody even heard what he said.
(shor ke kaaran uskii baat kisii ne sunii hii nahiin।)
जब तक बच्चे शोर मचाते रहेंगे, माँ की झुँझलाहट बढ़ती ही जाएगी।
As long as the kids keep making noise, mother's irritation will keep increasing.
(jab tak bachche shor machaate rahenge, maan kii jhunjhlaahat badhtii hii jaaegii।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
शोर
(shor)
(sg.m.oblique):
शोर
(shor)
(pl.m.direct):
शोर
(shor)
(pl.m.oblique):
शोरों
(shoron)