شیرین
Khalaj edit
Adjective edit
شیرین (şîrin)
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /šīrēn/, “sweet”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl /šīr/, “milk”). By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃiː.ˈɾeːn], [ʃiː.ˈɾiːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃiː.ɹíːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃi.ɾín]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | šīrēn, šīrīn |
Dari reading? | šīrīn |
Iranian reading? | širin |
Tajik reading? | širin |
Audio (Iran) (file)
Adjective edit
Dari | شیرین |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ширин |
شیرین • (širin) (comparative شیرینتَر (širin-tar), superlative شیرینتَرین (širin-tarin))
Derived terms edit
- شیرینی (širini)
- شیرین کردن (širin kardan)
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: şirin
- → Bengali: শিরিন (śirin)
- → Gujarati: શીરીન (śīrīn)
- → Kazakh: шырын (şyryn)
- → Khalaj: şîrin
- → Classical Syriac: ܫܝܪܝܢ
- → Kumzari: شيرين
- → Ottoman Turkish: شیرین (şirin)
- > Turkish: şirin (inherited)
- → Uyghur: شىرىن (shirin)
- → Uzbek: shirin
Proper noun edit
Dari | شیرین |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Ширин |
شیرین • (širin)
- Shirin (queen of Armenia and wife of Khosrow II, a character in the Shahnameh and in Khosrow and Shirin)
- a female given name, Shirin, from Middle Persian