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Persian
Etymology
From شیر (šir, “lion”) + ـفَش (faš, “-like”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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šērfaš
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| Dari reading?
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šērfaš
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| Iranian reading?
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širfaš
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| Tajik reading?
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šerfaš
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Adjective
| Dari
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شیرفش
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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шерфаш
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شیرفش • (širfaš)
- (archaic, literary) lionlike, leonine
- 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
سپاهی که دیدند کوپال اوی / بر و مِغفَر و شیرفش یال اوی- sepâhi ke didand kupâle 'uy / bar o meqfar o širfaš yâle 'uy
- The (enemy) army then saw his (formidable) mace, / his (colossal) build, his (mighty) helmet, and his leonine mane of hair
- (figurative, literary) courageous, valiant, or violent
- 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
بیارم یکی لشکرِ شیرفَش / برآرم شما را سر از خوابِ خَوش- biaram yeki laškare širfaš / bar-âram šomâ râ sar az xâbe xaš
- I shall gather a valiant army / and disrupt your peaceful sleep
- Synonyms: اَرغَند (arğand), شُجاع (šojâ'), دِلیر (delir)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شیرفش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press