شیر

See also: شێر‎, سیر‎, سير‎, and -سیز‎

Baluchi

Noun

شیر • (šír)

  1. milk

Central Kurdish
شیر

Etymology

Cognate with Persian شیر‎ (šīr).

Noun

شیر (şîr)

  1. milk (the liquid)

Persian

Etymology 1

From late Middle Persian šgl (šagr, šēr, “lion; (astronomy) Leo”), from Old Persian *šagra- ().

Pronunciation
Dari Persian شیر‎
Iranian Persian شیر‎
Tajiki Persian шер (šer)

Noun

شیر • (šir) (plural شیرها‎ (šir-hâ) or شیران‎ (širân))

  1. lion
  2. faucet, tap

References

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HLḆA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl), 𐫢𐫏𐫏𐫡‎ (šyyr /šīr/, “milk”), from Proto-Iranian *xšīrám (compare Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛-‎ (xšuuid-), Kurdish şîr), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšīrám (compare Sanskrit क्षीर (kṣīra, “milk”)).

Pronunciation
Dari Persian شیر‎
Iranian Persian شیر‎
Tajiki Persian шир (šir)

Noun

شیر • (šir)

  1. milk
Inflection
possessive forms of شیر
singular plural
first person (my/our) شیرم (širam) شیرمان (širemân)
širemun (colloquial)
second person (your) شیرت (širat)
širet (colloquial)		 شیرتان (širetân)
širetun (colloquial)
third person (his, her, its/their) شیرش (širaš)
šireš (colloquial)		 شیرشان (širešân)
širešun (colloquial)
Derived terms
Descendants

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

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Persian شیر‎ (šēr).

Noun

شیر • (šer) m (Hindi spelling शेर)

  1. lion
  2. tiger
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Persian شیر‎ (šir).

Noun

شیر • (šīr) m (Hindi spelling शीर)

  1. milk
Synonyms
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