شریف

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf, “noble, honored”).

Adjective

شریف • (şerif)

1. noble, highborn, of or relating to the nobility, especially in contrast to the masses

   Synonyms: اصیل (asil), كبار (kibar)

2. noble, gracious, magnanimous, having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty

   Synonym: كریم (kerim)

3. holy, sacred, godly, characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use

   Synonyms: عزیز (ʼazîz), مبارك (mübârek), مقدس (mukaddes)

Noun

شریف • (şerif) (definite accusative شریفی (şerifi), plural اشراف (eşrâf) or شرفا (şürefâ))

1. (Islam, historical) shereef, a member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima

Derived terms

• حط شریف (hatt-ı şerif, “sacred rescript of the Sultan”)
• شام شریف (şam-ı şerif, “Damascus”)
• شریف مكه (şerif-i mekke, “governor of Mecca”)
• شریفه (şerife, “lady descendant of Muhammad”)
• قدس شریف (kudus-ı şerif, “Jerusalem, the Holy”)

Descendants

• Turkish: şerif

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “şerif1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4462
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “şerîf”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1187
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “شریف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 726
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Nobilis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1142
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “شریف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2809
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “şerif1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شریف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1124

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃa.ˈɾiːf/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾíːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾíːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾíːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾíf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæ.ɹíːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.ɾíf]

Readings
Classical reading?	šarīf
Dari reading?	šarīf
Iranian reading?	šarif
Tajik reading?	šarif

Adjective

شریف • (šarīf / šarif) (Tajik spelling шариф)

1. noble, aristocratic

   مرد شریف ― mard-e šarif ― noble man

   دودمانی شریف ― dudmâni šarif ― an aristocratic lineage

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1428:

     چون که دزدی باری آن در لطیف
     چون که حامل میشوی باری شریف

     čōn ki duzdī bār-ē ān dar latīf
     čōn ki hāmil mē-šawī bār-ē-i šarīf

     As you (must) steal, at any rate (let it be) that lovely pearl;
     as you are going to bear a burden, at any rate (let it be) a noble one.

2. (honorific) Used as an honorific adjective.

   اسم شریف شما ― esm-e šarif-e šomâ ― your illustrious name

Noun

شریف • (šarīf / šarif) (plural اشراف (ašrāf / ašrâf), or شرفا (šurafā / šorafâ), or شریفان (šarīfān / šarifân), Tajik spelling шариф)

1. noble, aristocrat

   طبقه اشراف ― tabaqe-ye ašrâf ― aristocratic classes

2. (historical) the Sharif of Mecca

Proper noun

شریف • (šarīf / šarif) (Tajik spelling Шариф)

1. a surname, Sharif or Shareef, from Arabic

   مجید شریف ― majid-e šarif ― Majid Sharif (Iranian writer)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَرِیف (šarīf), from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɾiːf/

Adjective

شَرِیف • (śarīf) (Hindi spelling शरीफ़)

1. meek, gentle, noble, upstanding