शरीफ़ा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɾiː.fɑː/, [ʃɐ.ɾiː.fäː], /ʃə.ɾiː.pʰɑː/, [ʃɐ.ɾiː.pʰäː]

Etymology 1

From शरीफ़ (śarīf, “virtuous, good, noble, polite, civil, courteous, sacred, holy, pure”). Unrelated to Sanskrit श्रीफल (śrīphala), though assumed so by many.

Noun

शरीफ़ा • (śarīfā) m (Urdu spelling شَرِیفَہ)

1. custard apple

   Synonym: सीताफल (sītāphal)

Declension

Declension of शरीफ़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शरीफ़ा śarīfā	शरीफ़े śarīfe
oblique	शरीफ़े śarīfe	शरीफ़ों śarīfõ
vocative	शरीफ़े śarīfe	शरीफ़ो śarīfo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيفَة (šarīfa); equivalent to शरीफ़ (śarīf) +‎ -आ (-ā, feminine suffix).

Noun

शरीफ़ा • (śarīfā) f (Urdu spelling شَرِیفَہ)

1. (rare) honoured, eminent, holy woman

Declension

Declension of शरीफ़ा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शरीफ़ा śarīfā	शरीफ़ाएँ śarīfāẽ
oblique	शरीफ़ा śarīfā	शरीफ़ाओं śarīfāõ
vocative	शरीफ़ा śarīfā	शरीफ़ाओ śarīfāo

Proper noun

शरीफ़ा • (śarīfā) f (Urdu spelling شَرِیفَہ)

1. a female given name, Sharifa, from Arabic

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शरीफा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शरीफ़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “शरीफ़ा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “sharīfa”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.