شیر

See also: شێر, سیر, سير, ـسز, and شير

Baluchi

Noun

شیر • (šír)

  1. milk

Burushaski

Etymology

From Classical Persian شیر (šēr)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃeːɾ/, [ʃeːɾ]

Noun

شیر (transliteration needed) (plural شیرشݸ)

  1. lion

References

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

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Cognate with Persian شیر (šir).

Noun

شیر (şîr)

  1. milk (the liquid)

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”)

Khalaj

Noun

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

  1. Arabic spelling of şîr (“lion”)

Declension

Declension of شیر
singular plural
nominative شیر شیرلَر
genitive شیرۆݧ شیرلَریݧ
dative شیرکه شیرلَرکه
definite accusative شیرۆ شیرلَری
locative شیرچه شیرلَرچه
ablative شیرده شیرلَرده
instrumental شیرله شیرلَرله
equative شیروارا شیرلَروارا

Persian

Etymology 1

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

 

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

Noun

شیر • (šēr / šir) (plural شیرها (šēr-hā / šir-hâ), or شیران (šērān / širân), Tajik spelling шер)

  1. lion
    Synonyms: ارسلان (arsalān / arsalân), اسد (asad), هژبر (hižabr / hežabr)
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], 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)
  3. faucet, tap
  4. (Indo-Persian) tiger (sometimes also applied to the leopard)
Derived terms
  • توله‌شیر (tōla-šēr / tule-šir, “lion cub”)
  • شیر دریایی (šēr-i dariyāyī / šir-e dariyâyi, “sea lion”)
  • شیر شدن (šēr šudan / šir šodan, “summon up the courage”)
  • شیر و خورشید (šēr u xwaršēd / šir o xoršid, “Lion and Sun”)
  • شیر کردن (šēr kardan / šir kardan, “to incite, provoke”)
  • شیر کوهی (šēr-i kōhī / šir-e kuhi, “puma”)
  • شیر یا خط (šēr yā xatt / šir yâ xatt, “heads or tails”)
  • شیرافکن (šēr-afkan / šir-afkan, “lion-slayer”)
  • شیراوژن (šēr-awžan / šir-owžan, “lion-slayer”)
  • شیردال (šēr-dāl / šir-dâl, “griffin”)
  • شیردل (šēr-dil / šir-del, “lionheart”)
  • شیرزن (šērzan / širzan, “lioness, heroine”)
  • شیرشاه (šēr-šāh / šir-šâh, “Lion King”)
  • شیرفش (šērfaš / širfaš, “lionlike, leonine”)
  • شیرماهی (šēr-māhī / šir-mâhi, “Spanish mackerel”)
  • شیرمرد (šērmard / širmard, “hero, gallant”)
Descendants
  • → 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

شیر • (šēr / šir) (Tajik spelling Шер)

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

References

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? šīr
Dari reading? šīr
Iranian reading? šir
Tajik reading? šir
  • Audio (Dari):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

شیر • (šīr / šir) (Tajik spelling шир)

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

△ Colloquial.

Derived terms
  • شیربا (šīrbā / širbâ)
  • همشیره (hamšīra / hamšire)
Descendants

References

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

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian شیر (šēr).

Pronunciation

Noun

شیر • (śer) m (Hindi spelling शेर)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian شیر (šīr).

Pronunciation

Noun

شِیر • (śīr) m (Hindi spelling शीर)

  1. milk
    Synonym: دودھ (dodh)
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