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Declension ofشیر
	singular	plural
nominative	شیر	شیرلَر
genitive	شیرۆݧ	شیرلَریݧ
dative	شیرکه	شیرلَرکه
definite accusative	شیرۆ	شیرلَری
locative	شیرچه	شیرلَرچه
ablative	شیرده	شیرلَرده
instrumental	شیرله	شیرلَرله
equative	شیروارا	شیرلَروارا

Persian

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شیر

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Persian𐫢𐫃𐫡(šgr/⁠šagr, šēr⁠/,“lion; (astronomy) Leo”).

Sense 2 is from the fact that the first taps in Iran looked like lion heads.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Persian)IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːr/

(Dari, formal)IPA^(key): [ʃeːɾ]

(Dari, formal)IPA^(key): [ʃeːɾ]
- (Kabuli)IPA^(key): [ʃeːɾ]
- (Hazaragi)IPA^(key): [ʃeːɾ]

(Iran, formal)IPA^(key): [ʃiːɹ]

(Tajik, formal)IPA^(key): [ʃeɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šēr
Dari reading^?	šēr
Iranian reading^?	šir
Tajik reading^?	šer

Audio(Dari): (file)
Rhymes:-iːr(Iran),-eːr(elsewhere)

Noun

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شیر• (šēr / šir) (pluralشیرها(šēr-hā / šir-hâ),orشیران(šērān / širân),Tajik spellingшер)

lion
Synonyms:ارسلان(arsalān /arsalân),اسد(asad),هژبر(hižabr /hežabr)
- c.1260s,Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated byReynold A. Nicholson,مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 751:
  چون رسد آن جا ببیند گرگ وشیر
  عمر ضایع راه دور و روز دیر
  čūn rasad ān-jā bibīnad gurg ušēr
  umr-i zāyi' rāh-i dūr u rōz-i dēr
  When he reaches the spot, he sees wolves andlions,
  his life lost, the road far off, and the day late.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
faucet,tap
(Indo-Persian)tiger(sometimes also applied to theleopard)

Derived terms

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توله‌شیر(tōla-šēr /tule-šir,“lion cub”)
شیر دریایی(šēr-i dariyāyī /šir-e dariyâyi,“sea lion”)
شیر شدن(šēr šudan /šir šodan,“summon up thecourage”)
شیر و خورشید(šēr u xwaršēd /šir o xoršid,“Lion and Sun”)
شیر کردن(šēr kardan /šir kardan,“toincite,provoke”)
شیر کوهی(šēr-i kōhī /šir-e kuhi,“puma”)
شیر یا خط(šēr yā xatt /šir yâ xatt,“heads or tails”)
شیرافکن(šēr-afkan /šir-afkan,“lion-slayer”)
شیراوژن(šēr-awžan /šir-owžan,“lion-slayer”)
شیردال(šēr-dāl /šir-dâl,“griffin”)
شیردل(šēr-dil /šir-del,“lionheart”)
شیرزن(šērzan /širzan,“lioness,heroine”)
شیرشاه(šēr-šāh /šir-šâh,“Lion King”)
شیرفش(šērfaš /širfaš,“lionlike,leonine”)
شیرماهی(šēr-māhī /šir-mâhi,“Spanish mackerel”)
شیرمرد(šērmard /širmard,“hero,gallant”)

Descendants

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→ Azerbaijani:şir
→ Bengali:শের(śer)
→ Gilaki:شیر(šīr)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi:शेर(śer)
Urdu:شیر(šer)
→ Khalaj:şîr
→ Ottoman Turkish:شیر(şîr)
- Turkish:şir
→ Uzbek:sher

Proper noun

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شیر• (šēr /šir) (Tajik spellingШер)

(astronomy)Leo
Synonym:اسد(asad)

References

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MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “šagr, šēr”, inA concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press,pages78–79

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Persian[Book Pahlavi needed](HLḆA),[Book Pahlavi needed](šyl),𐫢𐫏𐫏𐫡(šyyr/⁠šīr⁠/,“milk”), fromProto-Iranian*xšiHrám, fromProto-Indo-Iranian*kšiHrám.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Persian)IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːr/

(Dari, formal)IPA^(key): [ʃiːɾ]

(Dari, formal)IPA^(key): [ʃiːɾ]
- (Kabuli)IPA^(key): [ʃiːɾ]
- (Hazaragi)IPA^(key): [ʃiɾ]

(Iran, formal)IPA^(key): [ʃiːɹ]

(Tajik, formal)IPA^(key): [ʃiɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šīr
Dari reading^?	šīr
Iranian reading^?	šir
Tajik reading^?	šir

Audio(Dari): (file)
Rhymes:-iːr

Noun

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شیر• (šīr / šir) (Tajik spellingшир)

milk
کمی شیر اضافه کن
kami šir ezâfe kon
Add a little milk.

Inflection

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Possessive forms ofشیر
	singular	plural
1^st person (“my, our”)	شیرم(širam)	شیرمان(širemân, širemun^△)
2^nd person (“your”)	شیرت(širat, širet^△)	شیرتان(širetân, širetun^△)
3^rd person (“his, her, its, their”)	شیرش(širaš, šireš^△)	شیرشان(širešân, širešun^△)