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English
Etymology
From Hindustani سرس / सिरिस (siris).
Noun
siris
- Any tree of the genus Albizia.
- Hyponyms: black siris, East Indian walnut, koko, lebbek, woman's tongue tree, white siris
Translations
Albizia lebbeck (the type species)
— see lebbek Anagrams
Latin
Verb
sīrīs
- (poetic, syncopated) second-person singular perfect active subjunctive of sinō
References
- “siris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “siris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- siris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “siris”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “siris”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “siris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese
Noun
siris
- plural of siri
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
siris f (genitive singular siris, plural sirisean)
- cherry