ஶ்ரீ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• শ্ৰী (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
• শ্রী (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ၐြီ (Burmese script)
• श्री (Devanagari script)
• શ્રી (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្រី (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
• ശ്രീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ශ්‍රී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
• శ్రీ (Telugu script)
• ศฺรี (Thai script)
• ཤྲཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Adjective

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī́) stem

1. Tamil script form of श्री

Noun

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī́) stem, f

1. Tamil script form of श्री

Prefix

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī́)

1. Tamil script form of श्री

Tamil

Alternative forms

• ஶ்ரீ (obsolete Unicode encoding)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्री (śrī). Doublet of திரு (tiru).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕɾiː/

Letter

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)

1. an irregular ligature of ஶ் (ś) +‎ ர் (r) +‎ ஈ (ī), used to represent the Sanskrit श्री (śrī).

Prefix

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)

1. (honorific) holy, sacred, respected; Shri

   Synonym: திரு (tiru)

Noun

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)

1. wealth

   Synonyms: செல்வம் (celvam), வளம் (vaḷam), செழிப்பு (ceḻippu)

2. felicity

   Synonyms: மகிழ்ச்சி (makiḻcci), இன்பம் (iṉpam), களிப்பு (kaḷippu)

3. beauty

   Synonyms: அழகு (aḻaku), எழில் (eḻil)

4. a title of respect prefixed to the names of deities, eminent persons, sacred places and things

   Synonyms: திரு (tiru), அருள்மிகு (aruḷmiku)

Proper noun

ஶ்ரீ • (śrī)

1. (Hinduism, Goddess) Lakshmi

   Synonyms: திருமகள் (tirumakaḷ), தாக்கணங்கு (tākkaṇaṅku)

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “ஶ்ரீ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]
• University of Madras (1924–1936) “ஶ்ரீ”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
• S. Ramakrishnan (1992) “ஶ்ரீ”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page [1]