sher

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Fiji Hindi

Alternative forms

Noun

sher

  1. lion

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic шер
Latin sher
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai شیر (šīr /⁠šēr⁠/), Classical Persian شیر (šīr /⁠šer⁠/), from Middle Persian 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (šgr /⁠šagr, šēr⁠/), from Old Persian *šarguš, from Proto-Iranian *cárguš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš. Cognate with Uyghur شىر / shir / шир.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɛr/,
  • Hyphenation: sher

Noun

sher

  1. lion
    Synonym: arslon

Declension

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given names