श्री

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्री (śrī).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɾiː/, /sɾiː/

श्री • (śrī) m (Urdu spelling سری or شری)

1. (honorific) sir, lord, mister

   श्री राम ― śrī rām ― Lord Rama

2. light, lustre, radiance, splendour, glory, beauty, grace, loveliness

श्री • (śrī) m

1. (Indian classical music) a Hindustani sunset raga of the Purvi thaat
2. (Indian classical music) a Carnatic raga: incomplete, vakra, and derivative of खरहरप्रिय (kharahrapriya)

Inherited from Old Marathi श्री (śrī), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī).

• IPA^(key): /ɕɾi/,

श्री • (śrī-)

1. (honorific) sir, lord, mister; Shri
2. (honorific) holy, sacred, respected

श्री • (śrī) f (literary)

1. wealth, fortune

   Synonyms: धन (dhan), संपत्ती (sampattī), संपदा (sampdā), दौलत (daulat)

2. success

   Synonyms: यश (yaś), सिद्धी (siddhī)

3. glory

   Synonyms: कीर्ती (kīrtī), वैभव (vaibhav)

श्री • (śrī) f

1. (Hinduism, Goddess) Lakshmi

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “श्री”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “श्री”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: स्रि

श्री • (śrī-)

1. (honorific) sir, lord, master

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• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾíː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɾiː/

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śriHrás with apocopation, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćriHrás. Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬍𐬭𐬀 (srīra). Doublet of श्रील (śrīlá) and श्रीर (śrīrá)

श्री • (śrī́) stem (comparative श्रेयस्, superlative श्रेष्ठ)

1. diffusing light or radiance, splendid, radiant, beautifying, adorning

श्री • (śrī́) stem, f

1. light, lustre, radiance, splendour, glory, beauty, grace, loveliness
2. prosperity, welfare, good fortune, success, auspiciousness, wealth, treasure, riches
3. symbol or insignia of royalty

श्री • (śrī)

1. honorific prefix appended to certain names to mean "sacred" or "holy"

   e.g. श्रीदुर्गा (śrī-durgā), श्रीराम (śrī-rāma)

2. used as a respectful title (like "Reverend") to the names of eminent persons as well as of celebrated works and sacred objects

   e.g. श्रीजयदेव (śrī-jayadeva)

This prefix may be repeated two, three, or even four times to express excessive veneration (e.g. श्रीश्रीदुर्गा (śrī-śrī-durgā) etc.). It is often placed at the beginning or back of letters, manuscripts, important documents etc., before the words चरण (caraṇa) and पाद (pāda, “feet”), and even the end of personal names.

• → Assamese: শ্রী
• → Bengali: শ্রী (sri)
• → Burmese: သီရိ (siri.)
• → Gujarati: શ્રી (śrī)
• → Hindi: श्री (śrī)
• → Old Javanese: śrī
  • > Javanese: ꦱꦿꦶ (sri) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬰ᭄ᬭᬶ (sri)
  • • Indonesian: sri
• → Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ (śrī)
• → Khmer: ស្រី (srəy), សិរី (serəy)
• → Malay: seri
• → Malayalam: ശ്രീ (śrī)
• → Nepali: श्री (śrī)
• → Old Marathi: श्री (śrī)
  • Marathi: श्री (śrī)
• → Old Tamil: 𑀢𑀺𑀭𑀼 (tiru)
  • Malayalam: തിരു (tiru)
  • Tamil: திரு (tiru)
• → Odia: ଶ୍ରୀ (śri)
• → Punjabi: شری (śrī), ਸ਼੍ਰੀ (śrī)
• → Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී (śrī)
• → Tamil: ஶ்ரீ (śrī)
• → Telugu: శ్రీ (śrī)
• → Thai: ศรี (sǐi)
• → Urdu: سری (srī)

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“to mix”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “mix, blend”), κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr, “mixing bowl, cup-shaped basin; crater”); English rear.

श्री • (śrī)

1. to mix, mingle, cook
2. to burn, flame, diffuse light

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1098.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “श्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 179
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “श्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 258, 259
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 328
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0582”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0582