𐫢𐫃𐫡

Middle Persian

Etymology

[Term?] (/⁠šēr⁠/) (< [Term?] (/⁠šayr⁠/)) < [Term?] (/⁠šagr⁠/) from Old Persian *𐏁𐎥𐎼 (*šagra-). compare [script needed] (sgl /⁠sagr, sēr⁠/) (> Persian سیر (sīr)). The Middle Persian word is cognate with Parthian 𐫢𐫡𐫃 (šarg, “Leo; Lion”), Khotanese [script needed] (šarau, “Leo; Lion”), Khwarezmian شرغ (šrγ /⁠šarγ⁠/, “Leo; Lion”) and Sogdian 𐫢𐫡𐫇𐫄 (šrwγ /⁠šruγ⁠/) , ܫܪܘܮ (šrwγ /⁠šruγ⁠/, “Leo; Lion”)

Noun

𐫢𐫃𐫡 • (šagr, šēr)

1. lion
2. (astronomy) Leo

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (šgr)

  • Classical Persian: شیر (šir)
    • → Hindi: शेर (śer)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: شیر (şîr)
      • Turkish: şir
    • → Urdu: شیر (śer)
  • → Mandarin: 獅／狮 (shī), 狮 (shī)

References

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• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “šagr, šēr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, pages 78–79