ஶ்ரீ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

শ্ৰী (Assamese script)
ᬰ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
শ্রী (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ၐြီ (Burmese script)
श्री (Devanagari script)
શ્રી (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಶ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
ឝ្រី (Khmer script)
ຨ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
ശ്രീ (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠱᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
ଶ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
ꢯ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
ශ්‍රී (Sinhalese script)
𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
శ్రీ (Telugu script)
ศฺรี (Thai script)
ཤྲཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Adjective

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī́) stem

Tamil script form of श्री

Noun

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī́) stem, f

Tamil script form of श्री

Prefix

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī́)

Tamil script form of श्री

Tamil

Alternative forms

சீ (cī), சிரீ (cirī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्री (śrī). Possibly a doublet of திரு (tiru).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɕɾiː/
Audio: (file)

Letter

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)

an irregular ligature of ஶ் (ś) +‎ ர் (r) +‎ ீ, used to represent the Sanskrit श्री (śrī).

Prefix

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)

holy, sacred, respected
Synonym: திரு (tiru)
(honorific) Shri (a title of respect prefixed to the names of deities, eminent persons, sacred places and things)
Synonyms: திரு (tiru), அருள்மிகு (aruḷmiku)

Noun

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)

wealth
Synonyms: செல்வம் (celvam), வளம் (vaḷam), செழிப்பு (ceḻippu)
(rare) felicity
Synonyms: மகிழ்ச்சி (makiḻcci), இன்பம் (iṉpam), களிப்பு (kaḷippu)
(rare) beauty
Synonyms: அழகு (aḻaku), எழில் (eḻil)

Proper noun

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)

(Hinduism, Goddess) Lakshmi
Synonyms: திருமகள் (tirumakaḷ), மலர்மகள் (malarmakaḷ), அலைமகள் (alaimakaḷ), தாக்கணங்கு (tākkaṇaṅku), இலக்குமி (ilakkumi)

References

University of Madras (1924–1936) “ஶ்ரீ”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press