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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- শ্ৰী (Assamese script)
- ᬰ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
- শ্রী (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ၐြီ (Burmese script)
- श्री (Devanagari script)
- શ્રી (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಶ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
- ឝ្រី (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
- ശ്രീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ශ්රී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
- శ్రీ (Telugu script)
- ศฺรี (Thai script)
- ཤྲཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Adjective
ஶ்ரீ • (śrī́) stem
- Tamil script form of श्री
Noun
ஶ்ரீ • (śrī́) stem, f
- Tamil script form of श्री
Prefix
ஶ்ரீ • (śrī́)
- Tamil script form of श्री
Tamil
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit श्री (śrī). Doublet of திரு (tiru).
Pronunciation
Letter
ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)
- an irregular ligature of ஶ் (ś) + ர் (r) + ஈ (ī), used to represent the Sanskrit श्री (śrī).
Prefix
ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)
- (honorific) holy, sacred, respected; Shri
- Synonym: திரு (tiru)
Noun
ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)
- wealth
- Synonyms: செல்வம் (celvam), வளம் (vaḷam), செழிப்பு (ceḻippu)
- felicity
- Synonyms: மகிழ்ச்சி (makiḻcci), இன்பம் (iṉpam), களிப்பு (kaḷippu)
- beauty
- Synonyms: அழகு (aḻaku), எழில் (eḻil)
- a title of respect prefixed to the names of deities, eminent persons, sacred places and things
- Synonyms: திரு (tiru), அருள்மிகு (aruḷmiku)
Proper noun
ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)
- (Hinduism, Goddess) Lakshmi
- Synonyms: திருமகள் (tirumakaḷ), தாக்கணங்கு (tākkaṇaṅku)
References
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “ஶ்ரீ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “ஶ்ரீ”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press
- S. Ramakrishnan (1992) “ஶ்ரீ”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page