श्री

Хинди

Etymology

Позајмљено од Санскрт श्री (śrī).

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ʃɾiː/

Noun

श्री (śrī)

1. (honorific) sir, lord, mister

   श्री राम ― śrī rām ― Lord Rama

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

Declension

Declension of श्री (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	श्री śrī	श्री śrī
oblique	श्री śrī	श्रियों śriyõ
vocative	श्री śrī	श्रियो śriyo

Proper noun

रागमाला में राग श्री

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 (kharahrapriy)

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Marathi

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ɕɾi/, [ɕɾiː]

Prefix

श्री (śrī-)

1. sir, lord, mister

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): [sri]
• Phonetic Devanagari: [[]]

Prefix

1. (honorific) sir, lord, master

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Санскрт

A common ligature for Śrī (श्री)

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ɕɽiː/

(Vedic) МФА^(кључ): /ɕɽíː/

(Classical) МФА^(кључ): /ɕɽiː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćriHrás. Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬍𐬭𐬀‎ (srīra). Related to श्रील (śrīlá).

Adjective

श्री (śrī́)

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

Noun

श्री (śrī́) 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

Prefix

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)

Usage notes

This prefix may be repeated two, three, or even four times to express excessive veneration (e.g. श्रीश्रीदुर्गा (śrī-śrī-durgā) etc.). If 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.

Descendants

• → Assamese: শ্রী
• → Bengali: শ্রী (śri)
• → Burmese: သီရိ (siri.)
• → Gujarati: શ્રી (śrī)
• → Хинди: श्री (śrī)
• → Javanese: ꦱꦿꦶ (sri)
  • Indonesian: sri
• → Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ (śrī)
• → Khmer: ស្រី (srəy), សិរី (serii)
• → Malay: seri
• → Malayalam: ശ്രീ (śrī)
• → Marathi: श्री (śrī)
• → Nepali: श्री (śrī)
• → Oriya: ଶ୍ରୀ (śrī)
• → Punjabi: ਸ਼੍ਰੀ (śrī)
• → Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී (ś‍rī)
• → Tamil: ஶ்ரீ (śrī)
• → Telugu: శ్రీ (śrī)
• → Тајски: ศรี (srǐi)
• → Urdu: سری‎ (srī)

Etymology 2

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

Root

श्री (śrī)

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

Derived terms

• श्रीणाति (śrīṇā́ti)
• श्रीणीते (śrīṇīté)

 

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 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
• Шаблон:R:sa:NWS

• Шаблон:R:ine:Mallory:2006
• Шаблон:R:ine:LIV
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0582