"شیرین" meaning in Persian

See شیرین in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ʃiː.ˈɾeːn] [Classical-Persian], [ʃiː.ˈɾiːn] [Classical-Persian], [ʃiː.ɾíːn] [Dari, formal], [ʃiː.ɾíːn] [Dari, formal], [ʃiː.ɾíːn] [Kabuli], [ʃi.ɾín] (note: Hazaragi), [ʃiː.ɹíːn] [Iran, formal], [ʃi.ɾín] [Tajik, formal] Audio: LL-Q9168 (fas)-Afsham23-شیرین.wav Forms: širin [romanization], شیرینتَر [comparative], شیرینتَرین [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl /⁠šīr⁠/, “milk”). By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|sc=Phlv|t=sweet|tr=šylyn'|ts=šīrēn}} Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”), {{surf|fa|شیر|ـین|id1=milk|pos2=adjective-deriving suffix|t1=milk|tr1=šir|tr2=-in}} By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix) Head templates: {{fa-adj|c=+|tr=širin}} شیرین • (širin) (comparative شیرینتَر (širin-tar), superlative شیرینتَرین (širin-tarin))
  1. sweet
    Sense id: en-شیرین-fa-adj-uQQ8Fq82
  2. pleasant
    Sense id: en-شیرین-fa-adj-VMC8qw5z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: شیرینی (širini), شیرین کردن (širin kardan)

Proper name

IPA: [ʃiː.ˈɾeːn] [Classical-Persian], [ʃiː.ˈɾiːn] [Classical-Persian], [ʃiː.ɾíːn] [Dari, formal], [ʃiː.ɾíːn] [Dari, formal], [ʃiː.ɾíːn] [Kabuli], [ʃi.ɾín] (note: Hazaragi), [ʃiː.ɹíːn] [Iran, formal], [ʃi.ɾín] [Tajik, formal] Audio: LL-Q9168 (fas)-Afsham23-شیرین.wav Forms: širin [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl /⁠šīr⁠/, “milk”). By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|sc=Phlv|t=sweet|tr=šylyn'|ts=šīrēn}} Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”), {{surf|fa|شیر|ـین|id1=milk|pos2=adjective-deriving suffix|t1=milk|tr1=šir|tr2=-in}} By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix) Head templates: {{head|fa|proper noun|||||head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|id=|tr=širin|tr2=|tr3=|tr4=}} شیرین • (širin), {{fa-proper noun|tr=širin}} شیرین • (širin)
  1. Shirin (queen of Armenia and wife of Khosrow II, a character in the Shahnameh and in Khosrow and Shirin)
    Sense id: en-شیرین-fa-name-3BSsPN2k
  2. a female given name, Shirin, from Middle Persian Categories (topical): Persian female given names, Persian given names, Shahnameh characters
    Sense id: en-شیرین-fa-name-GOBpDpfA Disambiguation of Shahnameh characters: 0 4 37 59 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian terms suffixed with ـین Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 0 1 14 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 0 1 16 60 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 14 84 Disambiguation of Persian terms suffixed with ـین: 1 4 6 89

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "širini",
      "word": "شیرینی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "širin kardan",
      "word": "شیرین کردن"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "şirin",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: şirin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: şirin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "শিরিন",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: শিরিন (śirin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: শিরিন (śirin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "શીરીન",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: શીરીન (śīrīn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: શીરીન (śīrīn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "шырын",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: шырын (şyryn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: шырын (şyryn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "şîrin",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khalaj: şîrin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khalaj: şîrin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܫܝܪܝܢ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܫܝܪܝܢ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܫܝܪܝܢ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zum",
            "2": "شيرين",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kumzari: شيرين",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kumzari: شيرين"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "شیرین",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "şirin"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شیرین (şirin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شیرین (şirin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "şirin",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Turkish: şirin (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Turkish: şirin (inherited)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "شىرىن",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: شىرىن (shirin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: شىرىن (shirin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "shirin",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: shirin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: shirin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "t": "sweet",
        "tr": "šylyn'",
        "ts": "šīrēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "شیر",
        "3": "ـین",
        "id1": "milk",
        "pos2": "adjective-deriving suffix",
        "t1": "milk",
        "tr1": "šir",
        "tr2": "-in"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl /⁠šīr⁠/, “milk”). By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "širin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "شیرینتَر",
      "roman": "širin-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "شیرینتَرین",
      "roman": "širin-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "širin"
      },
      "expansion": "شیرین • (širin) (comparative شیرینتَر (širin-tar), superlative شیرینتَرین (širin-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Persian is a sweet language.",
          "roman": "fârsi zabân-e širini ast.",
          "text": "فارسی زبان شیرینی است.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sweet"
      ],
      "id": "en-شیرین-fa-adj-uQQ8Fq82",
      "links": [
        [
          "sweet",
          "sweet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pleasant"
      ],
      "id": "en-شیرین-fa-adj-VMC8qw5z",
      "links": [
        [
          "pleasant",
          "pleasant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ˈɾeːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ˈɾiːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃi.ɾín]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɹíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃi.ɾín]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:شیرین"
  ],
  "word": "شیرین"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "t": "sweet",
        "tr": "šylyn'",
        "ts": "šīrēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "شیر",
        "3": "ـین",
        "id1": "milk",
        "pos2": "adjective-deriving suffix",
        "t1": "milk",
        "tr1": "šir",
        "tr2": "-in"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl /⁠šīr⁠/, “milk”). By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "širin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "id": "",
        "tr": "širin",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": "",
        "tr4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "شیرین • (širin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "širin"
      },
      "expansion": "شیرین • (širin)",
      "name": "fa-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Shirin (queen of Armenia and wife of Khosrow II, a character in the Shahnameh and in Khosrow and Shirin)"
      ],
      "id": "en-شیرین-fa-name-3BSsPN2k",
      "links": [
        [
          "Shirin",
          "Shirin"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character#English"
        ],
        [
          "Shahnameh",
          "w:Shahnameh"
        ],
        [
          "Khosrow and Shirin",
          "w:Khosrow and Shirin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Persian female given names",
          "parents": [
            "Female given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Persian given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 0 1 14 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 0 1 16 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 2 14 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 4 6 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms suffixed with ـین",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 4 37 59",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Shahnameh characters",
          "orig": "fa:Shahnameh characters",
          "parents": [
            "Shahnameh",
            "Fiction",
            "Literature",
            "Poetry",
            "Artistic works",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Art",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name, Shirin, from Middle Persian"
      ],
      "id": "en-شیرین-fa-name-GOBpDpfA",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Shirin",
          "Shirin#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ˈɾeːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ˈɾiːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃi.ɾín]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɹíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃi.ɾín]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:شیرین"
  ],
  "word": "شیرین"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian proper nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms suffixed with ـین",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms",
    "fa:Shahnameh characters"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "širini",
      "word": "شیرینی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "širin kardan",
      "word": "شیرین کردن"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "şirin",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: şirin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: şirin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "শিরিন",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: শিরিন (śirin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: শিরিন (śirin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "શીરીન",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: શીરીન (śīrīn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: શીરીન (śīrīn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "шырын",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: шырын (şyryn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: шырын (şyryn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "şîrin",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khalaj: şîrin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khalaj: şîrin"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syc",
            "2": "ܫܝܪܝܢ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܫܝܪܝܢ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܫܝܪܝܢ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zum",
            "2": "شيرين",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kumzari: شيرين",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kumzari: شيرين"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "شیرین",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "şirin"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شیرین (şirin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شیرین (şirin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "şirin",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Turkish: şirin (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Turkish: şirin (inherited)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "شىرىن",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: شىرىن (shirin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: شىرىن (shirin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "shirin",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: shirin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: shirin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "t": "sweet",
        "tr": "šylyn'",
        "ts": "šīrēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "شیر",
        "3": "ـین",
        "id1": "milk",
        "pos2": "adjective-deriving suffix",
        "t1": "milk",
        "tr1": "šir",
        "tr2": "-in"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl /⁠šīr⁠/, “milk”). By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "širin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "شیرینتَر",
      "roman": "širin-tar",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "شیرینتَرین",
      "roman": "širin-tarin",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "c": "+",
        "tr": "širin"
      },
      "expansion": "شیرین • (širin) (comparative شیرینتَر (širin-tar), superlative شیرینتَرین (širin-tarin))",
      "name": "fa-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Persian is a sweet language.",
          "roman": "fârsi zabân-e širini ast.",
          "text": "فارسی زبان شیرینی است.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sweet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweet",
          "sweet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pleasant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pleasant",
          "pleasant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ˈɾeːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ˈɾiːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃi.ɾín]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɹíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃi.ɾín]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:شیرین"
  ],
  "word": "شیرین"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian adjectives",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian proper nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms suffixed with ـین",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms",
    "fa:Shahnameh characters"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "t": "sweet",
        "tr": "šylyn'",
        "ts": "šīrēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "شیر",
        "3": "ـین",
        "id1": "milk",
        "pos2": "adjective-deriving suffix",
        "t1": "milk",
        "tr1": "šir",
        "tr2": "-in"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix)",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šylyn' /⁠šīrēn⁠/, “sweet”), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl /⁠šīr⁠/, “milk”). By surface analysis, شیر (šir, “milk”) + ـین (-in, adjective-deriving suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "širin",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "id": "",
        "tr": "širin",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": "",
        "tr4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "شیرین • (širin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "širin"
      },
      "expansion": "شیرین • (širin)",
      "name": "fa-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Shirin (queen of Armenia and wife of Khosrow II, a character in the Shahnameh and in Khosrow and Shirin)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Shirin",
          "Shirin"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character#English"
        ],
        [
          "Shahnameh",
          "w:Shahnameh"
        ],
        [
          "Khosrow and Shirin",
          "w:Khosrow and Shirin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian female given names",
        "Persian female given names from Middle Persian",
        "Persian given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name, Shirin, from Middle Persian"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Shirin",
          "Shirin#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ˈɾeːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ˈɾiːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɾíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃi.ɾín]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃiː.ɹíːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃi.ɾín]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:شیرین"
  ],
  "word": "شیرین"
}

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