شیر

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See also: شێر, سیر, سير, ـسز, and شير

Baluchi

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Noun

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شیر (šír)

  1. milk

Burushaski

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian شیر (šēr)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃeːɾ/, [ʃeːɾ]

Noun

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شیر (transliteration needed) (plural شیرشݸ)

  1. lion

References

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Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project[1].

Central Kurdish

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شیر

Etymology

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Cognate with Persian شیر (šir).

Noun

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شیر (şîr)

  1. milk (the liquid)

Kashmiri

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Punjabi شیر (śer).

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Noun

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شیر (śērm (Devanagari शेर)

  1. tiger
    Synonym: سٕہہ (sụhh)

Verb

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شیر (śēr)

  1. imperative singular of شیرُن (śērun, to fix, repair)

Khalaj

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Noun

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شیر (şîr) (definite accusative شیری, plural شیرلَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of şîr (lion)

Declension

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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یک شیرِ نرِ آفریقاییA male African lion

Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (šgr /⁠šagr, šēr⁠/, lion; (astronomy) Leo).

Sense 2 is from the fact that the first taps in Iran looked like lion heads.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šēr
Dari reading? šēr
Iranian reading? šir
Tajik reading? šer
  • Audio (Dari):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

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Dari شیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik шер

شیر (šir or šêr) (plural شیرها (šir-hâ) or شیران (širân))

  1. lion
    Synonyms: ارسلان (arsalân), اسد (asad)
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume II, verse 751:
      چون رسد آن جا ببیند گرگ و شیر
      عمر ضایع راه دور و روز دیر
      čūn rasad ān-jā bibīnad gurg u šēr
      umr-i zāyi' rāh-i dūr u rōz-i dēr
      When he reaches the spot, he sees wolves and lions,
      his life lost, the road far off, and the day late.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. faucet, tap
  3. (Indo-Persian) tiger (sometimes also applied to the leopard)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: şir
  • Bengali: শের (śer)
  • Gilaki: شیر (šīr)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: शेर (śer)
    Urdu: شیر (šer)
  • Khalaj: şîr
  • Ottoman Turkish: شیر (şîr)
  • Uzbek: sher

Proper noun

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شیر (šêr)

  1. (astronomy) Leo
    Synonym: اَسَد (asad)

References

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Etymology 2

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HLḆA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl), 𐫢𐫏𐫏𐫡 (šyyr /⁠šīr⁠/, milk), from Proto-Iranian *xšiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šīr
Dari reading? šīr
Iranian reading? šir
Tajik reading? šir

Noun

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Dari شیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik шир

شیر (šir)

  1. milk
    کمی شیر اضافه کن
    kami šir ezâfe kon
    Add a little milk.
Inflection
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    Possessive forms of شیر (šir)
singular plural
1st person
(“my, our”)
شیرم
(širam)
شیرمان
(širemân)
[Term?]
(širemun)
2nd person
(“your”)
شیرت
(širat)
[Term?]
(širet)
شیرتان
(širetân)
[Term?]
(širetun)
3rd person
(“his, her, its, their”)
شیرش
(širaš)
[Term?]
(šireš)
شیرشان
(širešân)
[Term?]
(širešun)
Colloquial.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “šīr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 90

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Classical Persian شیر (šēr).

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شیر (śerm (Hindi spelling शेर)

  1. lion
    Synonym: سِن٘گھ (siṅgh)
  2. tiger
    Synonym: باگھ (bāgh)
Declension
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    Declension of شیر
singular plural
direct شیر (śer) شیر (śer)
oblique شیر (śer) شیروں (śerõ)
vocative شیر (śer) شیرو (śero)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian شیر (šīr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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شِیر (śīrm (Hindi spelling शीर)

  1. milk
    Synonym: دودھ (dodh)