ܫܝܪܝܢ
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /šīrēn/, “sweet”)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ܫܝܪܝܢ • (širin)
- Shirin, the name of different Christian saints
- 1891, Ignazio Guidi, Un nuovo testo siriaco sulla storia degli ultimi Sassanidi, page 10:
- ܘܣܓܝ ܐܬܝܩܪ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܝܘܡܘ̈ܗܝ ܡܢ ܡܠܟܐ ܘܡܢ ܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܢܫܘ̈ܗܝ ܟܪ̈ܝܣܛܝܢܝܬܐ܇ ܕܗܢܘ ܕܝܢ ܡܢ ܫܝܪܝܢ ܐܪܡܝܬܐ ܘܡܢ ܡܪܝܡ ܪܗܘܡܝܬܐ.
- He was greatly honoured during all his days by the king and by his two Christian wives, that is Shirin the Aramean and Mariam the Byzantine.
- a female given name