شریک

See also: شریك and شريك

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيك (šarīk), somewhat displaced other native terms such as (hanbâz), (anbâz), (homâl, hamâl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃa.ˈɾiːk/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾiːk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾiːk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾik]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.ɹiːkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾik]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šarīk
Dari reading^?	šarīk
Iranian reading^?	šarik
Tajik reading^?	šarik

Noun

شریک • (šarik)

partner, associate
Synonym: همکار (hamkâr)
- c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 14”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:
  ادبا را شریک دولت کرد
  دولت خواجه دولت ادباست
  شعرا را رفیق نعمت کرد
  نعمت خواجه نعمت شعراست
  udabā rā šarīk-i dawlat kard
  dawlat-i khwāja dawlat-i udabā-st
  šu'arā rā rafīq-i ni'mat kard
  ni'mat-i khwāja ni'mat-i šu'arā-st
  He made the men of letters partners for his fortune;
  The lord's fortune is the men of letters' fortune.
  He made the poets companions for his wealth;
  The lord's wealth is the poets' wealth.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شریک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press