𐫢𐫃𐫡

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian *šarguš.

Noun

𐫢𐫃𐫡 • (šgr /šagr, šēr/) (Manichaean)

lion
(astronomy) Leo

Descendants

Classical Persian: شیر (šêr)
- Dari: شیر (šêr)
- Iranian Persian: شیر (šîr)
- Tajik: шер (šer)
- → Baluchi: شیر (šēr)
- → Hindustani:
  - Hindi: शेर (śer)
  - Urdu: شیر (śer)
- → Pashto: شېر (šēr)
- → Turkic: /šēr ~ šīr/
  - → Ottoman Turkish: شیر (şîr)
    - Turkish: şir
  - → Turkmen: şir (šīr)
  - → Uzbek: sher (šēr) (via Tajiki dialect)
→? Old Chinese: 師 (OC *sri, “lion”)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “šagr, šēr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, pages 78–79