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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Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi شیر (śer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeːr/

Noun

شیر • (śēr) m (Devanagari शेर)

1. tiger

   Synonym: سٕہہ (sụhh)

Verb

شیر • (śēr)

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

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Persian

یک شیرِ نرِ آفریقایی ― A male African lion

Etymology 1

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

The meaning of “faucet, tap” is from the fact that the first taps in Iran looked like lions heads.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	š
Dari reading?	š
Iranian reading?	š
Tajik reading?	š

Noun

Dari	شیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шер

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

1. lion

   Synonyms: ارسلان (arsalân), اسد (asad)

2. faucet, tap
3. (Indo-Persian) tiger (sometimes also applied to the leopard)

Derived terms

• شیرمرد (širmard, “hero, gallant”)
• شیرزن (širzan, “heroine”)
• شیرفش (širfaš, “lionlike, leonine”)
• شیرافکن (šir-afkan, “lion-slayer”)
• شیراوژن (šir-owžan, “lion-slayer”)
• شیردل (šir-del, “lionheart”)
• شیردال (šir-dâl, “griffin”)
• شیرِ کوهی (šir-e-kuhi, “puma”)
• شیرِ دریایی (šir-e-daryâyi, “sea lion”)
• توله‌شیر (tule-šir, “lion cub”)
• شیرماهی (šir-mâhi, “Spanish mackerel”)
• شیرشاه (šir-šâh, “Lion King”)
• شیر و خورشید (šir-o-xoršid, “Lion and Sun”)
• شیر یا خط (šir-yâ-xat, “heads or tails”)
• شیر شدن (šir šodan, “to summon up the courage”)
• شیر کردن (šir kardan, “to incite, provoke”)

Proper noun

شیر • (šêr)

1. (astronomy) Leo

   Synonym: اسد (asad)

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.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	š
Dari reading?	š
Iranian reading?	š
Tajik reading?	š

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

• → Bengali: শের (śer)
• → 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

Borrowed from Persian شیر (šēr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃeːɾ/

Noun

شیر • (šer) m (Hindi spelling शेर)

1. lion

   Synonym: سنگھ (sĩṅgh)

2. tiger

   Synonym: باگھ (bāgh)

Declension

Declension of شیر
	singular	plural
direct	شیر (śer)	شیر (śer)
oblique	شیر (śer)	شیروں (śerō̃)
vocative	شیر (śer)	شیرو (śerō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian شیر (šir).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃiːɾ/

Noun

شیر • (šīr) m (Hindi spelling शीर)

1. milk

   Synonym: دودھ (dūdh)