شیر
Baluchi edit
Noun edit
شیر • (šír)
Burushaski edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian شیر (šēr)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
شیر (transliteration needed) (plural شیرشݸ)
References edit
Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project[1].
Central Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Persian شیر (šir).
Noun edit
شیر (şîr)
- milk (the liquid)
Kashmiri edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Punjabi شیر (śer).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
شیر • (śēr) m (Devanagari शेर)
Verb edit
شیر • (śēr)
- imperative singular of شیرُن (śērun, “to fix, repair”)
Khalaj edit
Noun edit
شیر (şîr) (definite accusative شیری, plural شیرلَر)
Declension edit
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Persian 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (šgr /šagr, šēr/, “lion; (astronomy) Leo”).
Sense 2 is from the fact that the first taps in Iran looked like lions heads.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃeːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃiːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃeɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | šēr |
Dari reading? | šēr |
Iranian reading? | šir |
Tajik reading? | šer |
Noun edit
Dari | شیر |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | шер |
شیر • (šir or šêr) (plural شیرها (šir-hâ) or شیران (širân))
Derived terms edit
- شیرمَرد (širmard, “hero, gallant”)
- شیرزَن (širzan, “lioness, heroine”)
- شیرفَش (širfaš, “lionlike, leonine”)
- شیرَافکَن (šir-afkan, “lion-slayer”)
- شیرَاوژَن (šir-owžan, “lion-slayer”)
- شیردِل (šir-del, “lionheart”)
- شیردال (šir-dâl, “griffin”)
- شیرِ کوهی (šir-e-kuhi, “puma”)
- شیرِ دَریایی (šir-e-daryâyi, “sea lion”)
- تولِهشیر (tule-šir, “lion cub”)
- شیرماهی (šir-mâhi, “Spanish mackerel”)
- شیرشاه (šir-šâh, “Lion King”)
- شیر و خوَرشید (šir-o-xoršid, “Lion and Sun”)
- شیر یا خَط (šir-yâ-xat, “heads or tails”)
- شیر شُدَن (šir šodan, “to summon up the courage”)
- شیر کَردَن (šir kardan, “to incite, provoke”)
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: şir
- → Bengali: শের (śer)
- → Gilaki: شیر (šīr)
- → Hindustani:
- → Khalaj: şîr
- → Ottoman Turkish: شیر (şîr)
- Turkish: şir
- → Uzbek: sher
Proper noun edit
شیر • (šêr)
References edit
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “šagr, šēr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, pages 78–79
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HLḆA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl), 𐫢𐫏𐫏𐫡 (šyyr /šīr/, “milk”), from Proto-Iranian *xšiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃiːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃiːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃiɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | šīr |
Dari reading? | šīr |
Iranian reading? | šir |
Tajik reading? | šir |
Noun edit
Dari | شیر |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | шир |
شیر • (šir)
- milk
- کمی شیر اضافه کن
- kami šir ezâfe kon
- Add a little milk.
Inflection edit
Possessive forms of شیر (šir) | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person (“my, our”) |
شیرم (širam) |
شیرمان (širemân) [Term?]△ (širemun) |
2nd person (“your”) |
شیرت (širat) [Term?]△ (širet) |
شیرتان (širetân) [Term?]△ (širetun) |
3rd person (“his, her, its, their”) |
شیرش (širaš) [Term?]△ (šireš) |
شیرشان (širešân) [Term?]△ (širešun) |
△ Colloquial. |
Derived terms edit
- هَمشیرِه (hamšire)
Descendants edit
References edit
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “šīr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 90
Sindhi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian شیر (šēr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
شيرُ • (šeru) ?
Urdu edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian شیر (šēr).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃeːɾ/
Noun edit
شیر • (śer) m (Hindi spelling शेर)
Declension edit
Declension of شیر | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | شیر (śer) | شیر (śer) |
oblique | شیر (śer) | شیروں (śerō̃) |
vocative | شیر (śer) | شیرو (śerō) |
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian شیر (šīr).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃiːɾ/