شیرین

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Adjective

شیرین (şîrin)

  1. Arabic spelling of şîrin (“sweet”)

Persian

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Etymology

From Middle Persian (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”), from (šyl /⁠šīr⁠/, “milk”). By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) +‎ ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šīrēn, šīrīn
Dari reading? šīrīn
Iranian reading? širin
Tajik reading? širin
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Adjective

Dari شیرین
Iranian Persian
Tajik ширин

شیرین • (širin) (comparative شیرین‌تَر (širin-tar), superlative شیرین‌تَرین (širin-tarin))

  1. sweet
    فارسی زبان شیرینی است.
    fârsi zabân-e širini ast.
    Persian is a sweet language.
  2. pleasant

Derived terms

Descendants

Proper noun

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Dari شیرین
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ширин

شیرین • (širin)

  1. Shirin (queen of Armenia and wife of Khosrow II, a character in the Shahnameh and in Khosrow and Shirin)
  2. a female given name, Shirin, from Middle Persian
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