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Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɾiː.fɑː/, , /ʃə.ɾiː.pʰɑː/,
Etymology 1
From शरीफ़ (śarīf, “virtuous, good, noble, polite, civil, courteous, sacred, holy, pure”). Unrelated to Sanskrit श्रीफल (śrīphala), though assumed so by many.
Noun
शरीफ़ा • (śarīfā) m (Urdu spelling شَرِیفَہ)
- custard apple
- Synonym: सीताफल (sītāphal)
Declension
Declension of शरीफ़ा (masc ā-stem)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيفَة (šarīfa); equivalent to शरीफ़ (śarīf) + -आ (-ā, feminine suffix).
Noun
शरीफ़ा • (śarīfā) f (Urdu spelling شَرِیفَہ)
- (rare) honoured, eminent, holy woman
Declension
Declension of शरीफ़ा (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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शरीफ़ा
śarīfā
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शरीफ़ाएँ
śarīfāẽ
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| oblique
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शरीफ़ा
śarīfā
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शरीफ़ाओं
śarīfāõ
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| vocative
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शरीफ़ा
śarīfā
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शरीफ़ाओ
śarīfāo
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Proper noun
शरीफ़ा • (śarīfā) f (Urdu spelling شَرِیفَہ)
- a female given name, Sharifa, from Arabic
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शरीफा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शरीफ़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “शरीफ़ा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “sharīfa”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.