شیر

See also: شێر, سیر, سير, and ـسز

Baluchi

Noun

شیر • (šír)

1. milk

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Central Kurdish

شیر

Etymology

Cognate with Persian شیر (šīr).

Noun

شیر (şîr)

1. milk (the liquid)

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Persian

Etymology 1

From late Middle Persian 𐭱𐭢𐭫 (šagr, šēr, “lion; (astronomy) Leo”), from Old Persian *𐏁𐎥𐎼 (*šagra-).

Pronunciation

Noun

شیر • (šêr) (plural شیرها (šêr-hâ) or شیران (šêrân))

1. lion
2. faucet, tap

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

شیر • (šir)

1. milk
   • کمی شیر اضافه کن

     kami šir ezâfe kon

     Add a little milk.

Inflection

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

• همشیره (hamšire)

Descendants

• → Gilaki: شیر (šīr)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शीर (śīr)

  Urdu: شیر (šīr)

• → Ottoman Turkish: شیر (şîr)
  • Turkish: şir

References

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

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Urdu

Etymology 1

From Persian شیر (šēr).

Noun

شیر • (šer) m (Hindi spelling शेर)

1. lion

   Synonym: سنگھ (sĩṅgh)

2. tiger

   Synonym: باگھ (bāgh)

Etymology 2

From Persian شیر (šir).

Noun

شیر • (šīr) m (Hindi spelling शीर)

1. milk

   Synonym: دودھ (dūdh)