شیریں

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Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شِیرِین (šīrīn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

شِیرِیں (śīrī̃f (Hindi spelling शीरीं)

  1. a female given name, Shirin, from Persian
    1. Shirin (Queen of Armenia and wife of Khosrow II, a character in the Shahnameh and in Khosrow and Shirin)
      Coordinate terms: فَرْہاد (farhād), خُسْرَو (xusrau)

Adjective

شِیرِیں (śīrī̃) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling शीरीं)

  1. sweet
    Synonym: مِیٹھا (mīṭhā)
  2. pleasant

Further reading

  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “شیریں”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شیریں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 411
  • شیریں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • شیریں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • شیریں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.