शरीफ़ा
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɾiː.fɑː/, [ʃɐ.ɾiː.fäː], /ʃə.ɾiː.pʰɑː/, [ʃɐ.ɾiː.pʰäː]
Etymology 1
From शरीफ़ (śarīf, “virtuous, good, noble, polite, civil, courteous, sacred, holy, pure”). Unrelated to Sanskrit श्रीफल (śrīphala), though assumed so by many.
Noun
शरीफ़ा • (śarīfā) m (Urdu spelling شَرِیفَہ)
- custard apple
- Synonym: सीताफल (sītāphal)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शरीफ़ा śarīfā |
शरीफ़े śarīfe |
| oblique | शरीफ़े śarīfe |
शरीफ़ों śarīfõ |
| vocative | शरीफ़े śarīfe |
शरीफ़ो śarīfo |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيفَة (šarīfa); equivalent to शरीफ़ (śarīf) + -आ (-ā, feminine suffix).
Noun
शरीफ़ा • (śarīfā) f (Urdu spelling شَرِیفَہ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शरीफ़ा śarīfā |
शरीफ़ाएँ śarīfāẽ |
| oblique | शरीफ़ा śarīfā |
शरीफ़ाओं śarīfāõ |
| vocative | शरीफ़ा śarīfā |
शरीफ़ाओ śarīfāo |
Proper noun
शरीफ़ा • (śarīfā) f (Urdu spelling شَرِیفَہ)
- a female given name, Sharifa, from Arabic
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शरीफा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शरीफ़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “शरीफ़ा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “sharīfa”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.