शेरी

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑁂𑀭𑀻 (serī), from South Dravidian I. Compare Tamil சேரி (cēri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕe.ɾi/, [ɕe.ɾiː]

Noun

शेरी • (śerī) ?

1. A narrow lane a pass between hedges or houses
2. A perquisite of about two sher per maund taken by the Kamávísdár or other officer from grain brought in payment of the revenue also the grain which the officer who supplies the अडशेरी to the public servants deducts as his perquisite 2 or शेरी जमीन f Garden-ground or arable land which has never been included within the bounds of any village and which is held by the State also land which may revert to the State either by becoming forfeited or because originally purchased from the State for the purpose of planting trees In some parts शेरी is Land farmed by the proprietor and in Khot-villages land cultivated for the Khot by the village-Ryots gratis

References

• Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “शेरी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]