See شیر in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "lion cub",
"roman": "tōla-šēr / tule-šir",
"word": "تولهشیر"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "sea lion",
"roman": "šēr-i dariyāyī / šir-e dariyâyi",
"word": "شیر دریایی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "to summon up the courage",
"roman": "šēr šudan / šir šodan",
"word": "شیر شدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Lion and Sun",
"roman": "šēr u xwaršēd / šir o xoršid",
"word": "شیر و خورشید"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "to incite, provoke",
"roman": "šēr kardan / šir kardan",
"word": "شیر کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "puma",
"roman": "šēr-i kōhī / šir-e kuhi",
"word": "شیر کوهی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "heads or tails",
"roman": "šēr yā xatt / šir yâ xatt",
"word": "شیر یا خط"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "lion-slayer",
"roman": "šēr-afkan / šir-afkan",
"word": "شیرافکن"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "lion-slayer",
"roman": "šēr-awžan / šir-owžan",
"word": "شیراوژن"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "griffin",
"roman": "šēr-dāl / šir-dâl",
"word": "شیردال"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "lionheart",
"roman": "šēr-dil / šir-del",
"word": "شیردل"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "lioness, heroine",
"roman": "šērzan / širzan",
"word": "شیرزن"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Lion King",
"roman": "šēr-šāh / šir-šâh",
"word": "شیرشاه"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "lionlike, leonine",
"roman": "šērfaš / širfaš",
"word": "شیرفش"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Spanish mackerel",
"roman": "šēr-māhī / šir-mâhi",
"word": "شیرماهی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "hero, gallant",
"roman": "šērmard / širmard",
"word": "شیرمرد"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "şir",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: şir",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: şir"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "শের",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: শের (śer)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: শের (śer)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "glk",
"2": "شیر",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "šīr"
},
"expansion": "→ Gilaki: شیر (šīr)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Gilaki: شیر (šīr)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-hnd",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "शेर"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: शेर (śer)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: शेर (śer)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "شیر",
"tr": "šer"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: شیر (šer)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: شیر (šer)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "klj",
"2": "şîr",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Khalaj: şîr",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Khalaj: şîr"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "شیر",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "şîr"
},
"expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شیر (şîr)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شیر (şîr)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "şir"
},
"expansion": "Turkish: şir",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Turkish: şir"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "sher",
"3": "",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: sher",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: sher"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "lion"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "𐫢𐫃𐫡",
"t": "lion; (astronomy) Leo",
"ts": "šagr, šēr"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (šgr /šagr, šēr/, “lion; (astronomy) Leo”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa"
},
"expansion": "Persian",
"name": "langname"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "faucet",
"uc": "1"
},
"expansion": "Sense 2",
"name": "senseno"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (šgr /šagr, šēr/, “lion; (astronomy) Leo”).\nSense 2 is from the fact that the first taps in Iran looked like lion heads.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "šēr",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "šir",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرها",
"roman": "šēr-hā /šir-hâ",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "شیران",
"roman": "šērān /širân",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "شیرها",
"5": "or",
"6": "شیران",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "šēr-hā /šir-hâ",
"f2tr": "šērān /širân",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "šēr /šir",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "شیر • (šēr /šir) (plural شیرها (šēr-hā /šir-hâ) or شیران (šērān /širân))",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "شیرها",
"pl2": "شیران",
"pl2tr": "šērān /širân",
"pltr": "šēr-hā /šir-hâ",
"tr": "šēr /šir"
},
"expansion": "شیر • (šēr /šir) (plural شیرها (šēr-hā /šir-hâ) or شیران (šērān /širân))",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
45,
50
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
26,
29
]
],
"english": "When he reaches the spot, he sees wolves and lions,\nhis life lost, the road far off, and the day late.",
"ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 751:",
"roman": "čūn rasad ān-jā bibīnad gurg u šēr\n umr-i zāyi' rāh-i dūr u rōz-i dēr",
"text": "چون رسد آن جا ببیند گرگ و شیر\nعمر ضایع راه دور و روز دیر",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"lion"
],
"id": "en-شیر-fa-noun-~FlIdxK7",
"links": [
[
"lion",
"lion"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ارسلان"
},
{
"word": "اسد"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"faucet, tap"
],
"id": "en-شیر-fa-noun-fa:faucet",
"links": [
[
"faucet",
"faucet"
],
[
"tap",
"tap"
]
],
"senseid": [
"fa:faucet"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Indo-Persian",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "23 2 9 59 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 2 6 44 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"tiger (sometimes also applied to the leopard)"
],
"id": "en-شیر-fa-noun-MysUQ7FT",
"links": [
[
"tiger",
"tiger"
],
[
"leopard",
"leopard"
]
],
"qualifier": "Indo-Persian",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Indo-Persian) tiger (sometimes also applied to the leopard)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɹ]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeɾ]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
},
{
"audio": "Fa-شیر (lion).ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28lion%29.ogg/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28lion%29.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28lion%29.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːr (Iran)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eːr (elsewhere)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fa:شیر"
],
"word": "شیر"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "lion"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "𐫢𐫃𐫡",
"t": "lion; (astronomy) Leo",
"ts": "šagr, šēr"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (šgr /šagr, šēr/, “lion; (astronomy) Leo”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa"
},
"expansion": "Persian",
"name": "langname"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "faucet",
"uc": "1"
},
"expansion": "Sense 2",
"name": "senseno"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (šgr /šagr, šēr/, “lion; (astronomy) Leo”).\nSense 2 is from the fact that the first taps in Iran looked like lion heads.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "šēr",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "šir",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"head4": "",
"id": "",
"tr": "šēr /šir",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": "",
"tr4": ""
},
"expansion": "شیر • (šēr /šir)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"tr": "šēr /šir"
},
"expansion": "شیر • (šēr /šir)",
"name": "fa-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Astronomy",
"orig": "fa:Astronomy",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "26 25 19 0 1 10 10 0 1 6 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 7 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 24 18 0 1 10 16 0 0 5 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 1 4 37 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 2 6 44 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "53 3 3 21 21",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Panthers",
"orig": "fa:Panthers",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Leo"
],
"id": "en-شیر-fa-name-W8Qm6Nge",
"links": [
[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
],
[
"Leo",
"Leo"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(astronomy) Leo"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "اسد"
}
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɹ]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeɾ]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
},
{
"audio": "Fa-شیر (lion).ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28lion%29.ogg/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28lion%29.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28lion%29.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːr (Iran)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eːr (elsewhere)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fa:شیر"
],
"word": "شیر"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-hnd",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "शीर"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: शीर (śīr)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: शीर (śīr)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "شیر",
"tr": "šīr"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: شیر (šīr)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: شیر (šīr)"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "milk"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"sc": "Phlv",
"tr": "HLḆA"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HLḆA)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ira-pro",
"3": "*xšiHrám"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian *xšiHrám",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*kšiHrám"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HLḆA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (šyl), 𐫢𐫏𐫏𐫡 (šyyr /šīr/, “milk”), from Proto-Iranian *xšiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "šīr",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "šir",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "fa-gen-c-unc",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرم",
"roman": "širam",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرمان (širemân, širemun^△)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرت (širat, širet^△)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرتان (širetân, širetun^△)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرش (širaš, šireš^△)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرشان (širešân, širešun^△)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "",
"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "šīr /šir",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "شیر • (šīr /šir)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"tr": "šīr /šir"
},
"expansion": "شیر • (šīr /šir)",
"name": "fa-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "20 0 0 4 76",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fa",
"name": "Milk",
"orig": "fa:Milk",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "šīrbā / širbâ",
"word": "شیربا"
},
{
"roman": "hamšīra / hamšire",
"word": "همشیره"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Add a little milk.",
"roman": "kami šir ezâfe kon",
"text": "کمی شیر اضافه کن",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"milk"
],
"id": "en-شیر-fa-noun-iCXnZTD4",
"links": [
[
"milk",
"milk"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiɾ]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɹ]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiɾ]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
},
{
"audio": "Fa-شیر (milk).ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28milk%29.ogg/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28milk%29.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28milk%29.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːr"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fa:شیر"
],
"word": "شیر"
}
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"Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
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"fa:Panthers",
"ur:Milk",
"ur:Panthers"
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{
"english": "lion cub",
"roman": "tōla-šēr / tule-šir",
"word": "تولهشیر"
},
{
"english": "sea lion",
"roman": "šēr-i dariyāyī / šir-e dariyâyi",
"word": "شیر دریایی"
},
{
"english": "to summon up the courage",
"roman": "šēr šudan / šir šodan",
"word": "شیر شدن"
},
{
"english": "Lion and Sun",
"roman": "šēr u xwaršēd / šir o xoršid",
"word": "شیر و خورشید"
},
{
"english": "to incite, provoke",
"roman": "šēr kardan / šir kardan",
"word": "شیر کردن"
},
{
"english": "puma",
"roman": "šēr-i kōhī / šir-e kuhi",
"word": "شیر کوهی"
},
{
"english": "heads or tails",
"roman": "šēr yā xatt / šir yâ xatt",
"word": "شیر یا خط"
},
{
"english": "lion-slayer",
"roman": "šēr-afkan / šir-afkan",
"word": "شیرافکن"
},
{
"english": "lion-slayer",
"roman": "šēr-awžan / šir-owžan",
"word": "شیراوژن"
},
{
"english": "griffin",
"roman": "šēr-dāl / šir-dâl",
"word": "شیردال"
},
{
"english": "lionheart",
"roman": "šēr-dil / šir-del",
"word": "شیردل"
},
{
"english": "lioness, heroine",
"roman": "šērzan / širzan",
"word": "شیرزن"
},
{
"english": "Lion King",
"roman": "šēr-šāh / šir-šâh",
"word": "شیرشاه"
},
{
"english": "lionlike, leonine",
"roman": "šērfaš / širfaš",
"word": "شیرفش"
},
{
"english": "Spanish mackerel",
"roman": "šēr-māhī / šir-mâhi",
"word": "شیرماهی"
},
{
"english": "hero, gallant",
"roman": "šērmard / širmard",
"word": "شیرمرد"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "şir",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: şir",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: şir"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "শের",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: শের (śer)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: শের (śer)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "glk",
"2": "شیر",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "šīr"
},
"expansion": "→ Gilaki: شیر (šīr)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Gilaki: شیر (šīr)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-hnd",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "शेर"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: शेर (śer)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: शेर (śer)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "شیر",
"tr": "šer"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: شیر (šer)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: شیر (šer)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "klj",
"2": "şîr",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Khalaj: şîr",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Khalaj: şîr"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "شیر",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "şîr"
},
"expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شیر (şîr)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: شیر (şîr)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "şir"
},
"expansion": "Turkish: şir",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Turkish: şir"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uz",
"2": "sher",
"3": "",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Uzbek: sher",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Uzbek: sher"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "lion"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "𐫢𐫃𐫡",
"t": "lion; (astronomy) Leo",
"ts": "šagr, šēr"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (šgr /šagr, šēr/, “lion; (astronomy) Leo”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa"
},
"expansion": "Persian",
"name": "langname"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "faucet",
"uc": "1"
},
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"name": "senseno"
}
],
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{
"form": "šēr",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "šir",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرها",
"roman": "šēr-hā /šir-hâ",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "شیران",
"roman": "šērān /širân",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "شیرها",
"5": "or",
"6": "شیران",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"f1tr": "šēr-hā /šir-hâ",
"f2tr": "šērān /širân",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "šēr /šir",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
"expansion": "شیر • (šēr /šir) (plural شیرها (šēr-hā /šir-hâ) or شیران (šērān /širân))",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
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"pl2": "شیران",
"pl2tr": "šērān /širân",
"pltr": "šēr-hā /šir-hâ",
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],
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"lang_code": "fa",
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{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with quotations"
],
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{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
45,
50
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
26,
29
]
],
"english": "When he reaches the spot, he sees wolves and lions,\nhis life lost, the road far off, and the day late.",
"ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 751:",
"roman": "čūn rasad ān-jā bibīnad gurg u šēr\n umr-i zāyi' rāh-i dūr u rōz-i dēr",
"text": "چون رسد آن جا ببیند گرگ و شیر\nعمر ضایع راه دور و روز دیر",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"lion"
],
"links": [
[
"lion",
"lion"
]
],
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{
"word": "ارسلان"
},
{
"word": "اسد"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"faucet, tap"
],
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[
"faucet",
"faucet"
],
[
"tap",
"tap"
]
],
"senseid": [
"fa:faucet"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Indo-Persian"
],
"glosses": [
"tiger (sometimes also applied to the leopard)"
],
"links": [
[
"tiger",
"tiger"
],
[
"leopard",
"leopard"
]
],
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"(Indo-Persian) tiger (sometimes also applied to the leopard)"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɹ]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeɾ]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
},
{
"audio": "Fa-شیر (lion).ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28lion%29.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːr (Iran)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eːr (elsewhere)"
}
],
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"fa:شیر"
],
"word": "شیر"
}
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"Rhymes:Persian/eːr",
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"Rhymes:Persian/iːr",
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"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
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},
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"args": {
"1": "fa"
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"expansion": "Persian",
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"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "faucet",
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"form": "šēr",
"tags": [
"romanization"
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"form": "šir",
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"romanization"
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"2": "proper noun",
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"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"head4": "",
"id": "",
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"tr2": "",
"tr3": "",
"tr4": ""
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"name": "head"
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"tr": "šēr /šir"
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{
"categories": [
"fa:Astronomy"
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"Leo"
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[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
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[
"Leo",
"Leo"
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],
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"(astronomy) Leo"
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "اسد"
}
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeːɾ]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɹ]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃeɾ]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
},
{
"audio": "Fa-شیر (lion).ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28lion%29.ogg"
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{
"rhymes": "-iːr (Iran)"
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{
"rhymes": "-eːr (elsewhere)"
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"fa:شیر"
],
"word": "شیر"
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{
"roman": "šīrbā / širbâ",
"word": "شیربا"
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"roman": "hamšīra / hamšire",
"word": "همشیره"
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"1": "inc-hnd",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "शीर"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: शीर (śīr)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: शीर (śīr)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "شیر",
"tr": "šīr"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "milk"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"sc": "Phlv",
"tr": "HLḆA"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HLḆA)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ira-pro",
"3": "*xšiHrám"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*kšiHrám"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"form": "šīr",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "šir",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "fa-gen-c-unc",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
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"form": "شیرم",
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"singular"
]
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"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرت (širat, širet^△)",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرتان (širetân, širetun^△)",
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"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرش (širaš, šireš^△)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "شیرشان (širešân, širešun^△)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"third-person"
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}
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"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
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"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"head3": "",
"tr": "šīr /šir",
"tr2": "",
"tr3": ""
},
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"args": {
"tr": "šīr /šir"
},
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{
"categories": [
"Persian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Add a little milk.",
"roman": "kami šir ezâfe kon",
"text": "کمی شیر اضافه کن",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"milk"
],
"links": [
[
"milk",
"milk"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɾ]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiɾ]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiːɹ]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃiɾ]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
},
{
"audio": "Fa-شیر (milk).ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28milk%29.ogg/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28milk%29.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Fa-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%28milk%29.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːr"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fa:شیر"
],
"word": "شیر"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Persian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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