𐫢𐫃𐫡

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian *šarguš.

Noun

𐫢𐫃𐫡 • (šgr /šagr, šēr/) (Manichaean)

1. lion
2. (astronomy) Leo

Descendants

• Classical Persian: شیر (šêr)
  • Dari: شیر (šêr)
  • Iranian Persian: شیر (šîr)
  • Tajik: шер (šer)
  • → Baluchi: شیر (šēr)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: शेर (śer)
    • Urdu: شیر (śer)
  • → Pashto: شېر (šēr)
  • → Turkic: /šēr ~ šīr/
    • → Ottoman Turkish: شیر (şîr)
      • Turkish: şir
    • → Turkmen: şir (šīr)
    • → Uzbek: sher (šēr) (via Tajiki dialect)
• →? Old Chinese: 師 (OC *sri, “lion”)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “šagr, šēr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, pages 78–79