شیرین

Khalaj

Adjective

شیرین (şîrin)

Arabic spelling of şîrin (“sweet”)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl /⁠šīr⁠/, “milk”). By surface analysis, (šir, “milk”) +‎ (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃiː.ˈɾeːn/, /ʃiː.ˈɾiːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɾíːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɾíːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃi.ɾín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃiː.ɹíːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.ɾín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šīrēn, šīrīn
Dari reading^?	šīrīn
Iranian reading^?	širin
Tajik reading^?	širin

Audio (Iran): (file)

Adjective


Iranian Persian	شیرین
Dari	شیرین
Tajik	ширин

شیرین • (širin) (comparative شیرین‌تَر, superlative شیرین‌تَرین)

sweet
fârsi zabân-e širini ast.
Persian is a sweet language.
pleasant

Derived terms

شیرینی (širini)
شیرین کردن (širin kardan)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: şirin
→ Bengali: শিরিন (śirin)
→ Gujarati: શીરીન (śīrīn)
→ Kazakh: шырын (şyryn)
→ Khalaj: şîrin
→ Classical Syriac: ܫܝܪܝܢ
→ Kumzari: شيرين
→ Ottoman Turkish: شیرین (şirin)
> Turkish: şirin (inherited)
→ Uyghur: شىرىن (shirin)
→ Uzbek: shirin

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	شیرین
Dari	شیرین
Tajik	Ширин

شیرین • (širin)

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