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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf, “noble, honored”).
Adjective
شریف • (şerif)
- noble, highborn, of or relating to the nobility, especially in contrast to the masses
- Synonym: اصیل (asil)
- noble, gracious, magnanimous, having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty
- Synonym: كریم (kerim)
- holy, sacred, godly, characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use
- Synonyms: عزیز (ʼazîz), مبارك (mübârek), مقدس (mukaddes)
Noun
شریف • (şerif) (definite accusative شریفی (şerifi), plural اشراف (eşrâf) or شرفا (şürefâ))
- (Islam, historical) shereef, a member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima
Derived terms
- حط شریف (hatt-ı şerif, “sacred rescript of the Sultan”)
- شام شریف (şam-ı şerif, “Damascus”)
- شریف مكه (şerif-i mekke, “governor of Mecca”)
- شریفه (şerife, “lady descendant of Muhammad”)
- قدس شریف (kudus-ı şerif, “Jerusalem, the Holy”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şerif1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4462
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “şerîf”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1187
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شریف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 726
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Nobilis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1142
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شریف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2809
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şerif1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شریف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1124
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf).
Pronunciation
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šarīf
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Adjective
شریف • (šarif)
- noble, aristocratic
- مرد شریف ― mard-e šarif ― noble man
- دودمانی شریف ― dudmâni šarif ― an aristocratic lineage
c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1428:چون که دزدی باری آن در لطیف
چون که حامل میشوی باری شریف- čōn ki duzdī bār-ē ān dar latīf
čōn ki hāmil mē-šawī bār-ē-i šarīf - As you (must) steal, at any rate (let it be) that lovely pearl;
as you are going to bear a burden, at any rate (let it be) a noble one.
- (honorific) Used as an honorific adjective.
- اسم شریف شما ― esm-e šarif-e šomâ ― your illustrious name
Noun
شریف • (šarif) (plural اشراف (ašrâf) or شرفا (šorafâ) or شریفان (šarifân))
- noble, aristocrat
- طبقه اشراف ― tabaqe-ye ašrâf ― aristocratic classes
- (historical) the Sharif of Mecca
Proper noun
شریف • (šarif)
- a surname from Arabic: Sharif
- مجید شریف ― majid-e šarif ― Majid Sharif (Iranian writer)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شَرِیف (šarīf), from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf).
Pronunciation
Adjective
شَرِیف • (śarīf) (Hindi spelling शरीफ़)
- meek, gentle, noble, upstanding