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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شِیرِین (šīrīn).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
شِیرِیں • (śīrī̃) f (Hindi spelling शीरीं)
- a female given name, Shirin, from Persian
- 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)
- sweet
- Synonym: مِیٹھا (mīṭhā)
- 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.