شیریں

Urdu

Alternative forms

• شِیرِین (śīrīn)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian [script needed] (šyl /⁠šīr⁠/)

Middle Persian [script needed] (-yn /⁠-ēn⁠/)

Middle Persian [script needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/)

Classical Persian شِیرِین (šīrīn)bor.

Urdu شیریں

Borrowed from Classical Persian شِیرِین (šīrīn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃiː.ɾĩː/
• Rhymes: -ĩː
• Hyphenation: شِی‧رِیں

Proper noun

شِیرِیں • (śīrī̃) f (Hindi spelling शीरीं)

1. a female given name, Shirin, from Persian
   1. Shirin (Queen of Armenia and wife of Khosrow II, a character in the Shahnameh and in Khosrow and Shirin)

      Coordinate terms: فَرْہاد (farhād), خُسْرَو (xusrau)

Adjective

شِیرِیں • (śīrī̃) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling शीरीं)

1. sweet

   Synonym: مِیٹھا (mīṭhā)

2. pleasant

Further reading

• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “شیریں”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شیریں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 411
• “شیریں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• “شیریں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شیریں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.