شریک

See also: شریك and شريك

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيك (šarīk), somewhat displaced other native terms such as هنباز (hanbâz), انباز (anbâz), همال (homâl, hamâl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃa.ɾiːk]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾiːk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾiːk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾiːk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾik]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.ɹiːkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾik]

Readings
Classical reading?	šarīk
Dari reading?	šarīk
Iranian reading?	šarik
Tajik reading?	šarik

Noun

شریک • (šarik)

1. partner, associate

   Synonym: همکار (hamkâr)

   • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 14”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:

     ادبا را شریک دولت کرد
     دولت خواجه دولت ادباست
     شعرا را رفیق نعمت کرد
     نعمت خواجه نعمت شعراست

     udabā rā šarīk-i dawlat kard
     dawlat-i khwāja dawlat-i udabā-st
     šu'arā rā rafīq-i ni'mat kard
     ni'mat-i khwāja ni'mat-i šu'arā-st

     He made the men of letters partners for his fortune;
     The lord's fortune is the men of letters' fortune.
     He made the poets companions for his wealth;
     The lord's wealth is the poets' wealth.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شریک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press