English Explanatory Dictionary

Shri

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A title of respect used before male names, Mr.
  2. An honorific title prefixed to the names of deities, holy persons, holy books or sacred places.
name
  1. A unisex given name from Sanskrit.

Word forms

Shri Sri Shree Sh. Sh

Etymology

From Sanskrit श्री (śrī), possibly through a modern Indian language. Compare Bengali শ্রী (sri), Gujarati શ્રી (śrī), Tamil ஶ்ரீ (śrī), Hindi, Nepali, and Marathi श्री (śrī), Malayalam ശ്രീ (śrī).

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