# श्री
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्री (śrī).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃɾiː/, /sɾiː/

### Noun

श्री • (śrī) m (Urdu spelling سری or شری)
* (honorific) sir, lord, mister
    श्री राम ― śrī rām ― Lord Rama
* light, lustre, radiance, splendour, glory, beauty, grace, loveliness

#### Declension
### Proper noun

श्री • (śrī) m
* (Indian classical music) a Hindustani sunset raga of the Purvi thaat
* (Indian classical music) a Carnatic raga: incomplete, vakra, and derivative of खरहरप्रिय (kharahrapriya)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘲 (śrī), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕɾi/, [ɕɾiː]

### Prefix

श्री • (śrī-)
* (honorific) sir, lord, mister; Shri
* (honorific) holy, sacred, respected

### Noun

श्री • (śrī) f (literary)
* wealth, fortune
    Synonyms: धन (dhan), संपत्ती (sampattī), संपदा (sampdā), दौलत (daulat)
* success
    Synonyms: यश (yaś), सिद्धी (siddhī)
* glory
    Synonyms: कीर्ती (kīrtī), वैभव (vaibhav)

### Proper noun

श्री • (śrī) f
* (Hinduism, Goddess) Lakshmi

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “श्री”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “श्री”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sri]
* Phonetic Devanagari: स्रि

### Prefix

श्री • (śrī-)
* (honorific) sir, lord, master

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* শ্ৰী (Assamese script)
* ᬰ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
* শ্রী (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* ၐြီ (Burmese 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)
* ஶ்ரீ (Tamil script)
* శ్రీ (Telugu script)
* ศฺรี (Thai script)
* ཤྲཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕɾíː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɕɾiː/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śriHrás with apocopation, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćriHrás. Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬍𐬭𐬀 (srīra). Doublet of श्रील (śrīlá) and श्रीर (śrīrá)

#### Adjective

श्री • (śrī́) stem (comparative श्रेयस्, superlative श्रेष्ठ)
* diffusing light or radiance, splendid, radiant, beautifying, adorning

##### Declension
#### Noun

श्री • (śrī́) stem, f
* light, lustre, radiance, splendour, glory, beauty, grace, loveliness
* prosperity, welfare, good fortune, success, auspiciousness, wealth, treasure, riches
* symbol or insignia of royalty

##### Declension
#### Prefix

श्री • (śrī)
* honorific prefix appended to certain names to mean "sacred" or "holy"
    e.g. श्रीदुर्गा (śrī-durgā), श्रीराम (śrī-rāma)
* used as a respectful title (like "Reverend") to the names of eminent persons as well as of celebrated works and sacred objects
    e.g. श्रीजयदेव (śrī-jayadeva)

##### Usage notes

This prefix may be repeated two, three, or even four times to express excessive veneration (e.g. श्रीश्रीदुर्गा (śrī-śrī-durgā) etc.). It is often placed at the beginning or back of letters, manuscripts, important documents etc., before the words चरण (caraṇa) and पाद (pāda, “feet”), and even the end of personal names.

##### Descendants

* → Assamese: শ্রী
* → Bengali: শ্রী (sri)
* → Burmese: သီရိ (siri.)
* → Gujarati: શ્રી (śrī)
* → Hindi: श्री (śrī)
* → Old Javanese: śrī
** > Javanese: ꦱꦿꦶ (sri) (inherited)
** → Balinese: ᬰ᭄ᬭᬶ (sri)
*** Indonesian: sri
* → Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ (śrī)
* → Khmer: ស្រី (srəy), សិរី (serəy)
* → Malay: seri
* → Malayalam: ശ്രീ (śrī)
* → Nepali: श्री (śrī)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘲 (śrī)
** Marathi: श्री (śrī)
* → Old Tamil: 𑀢𑀺𑀭𑀼 (tiru)
** Malayalam: തിരു (tiru)
** Tamil: திரு (tiru)
* → Odia: ଶ୍ରୀ (śri)
* → Punjabi: شری (śrī), ਸ਼੍ਰੀ (śrī)
* → Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී (śrī)
* → Tamil: ஶ்ரீ (śrī)
* → Telugu: శ్రీ (śrī)
* → Thai: ศรี (sǐi)
* → Urdu: سری (srī)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“to mix”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “mix, blend”), κρᾱτήρ (krātḗr, “mixing bowl, cup-shaped basin; crater”); English rear.

#### Root

श्री • (śrī)
* to mix, mingle, cook
* to burn, flame, diffuse light

##### Derived terms

* श्रीणाति (śrīṇā́ti)
* श्रीणीते (śrīṇīté)

##### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “श्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1098.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “श्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 179
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “श्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 258, 259
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 328
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0582”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0582