Food and Drink
شیر
/ shir /
noun (polysemous) · milk; lion
Meaning
معنی۱
The lion has been a symbol of Iran for millennia, appearing in Persepolis reliefs, on Persian flags from the Safavid era through 1979, and on the coat of arms the pre-Revolutionary Iranian diaspora still uses. The Iranian phrase شیر و خورشید (Lion and Sun) names this emblem.
In a sentence
مثالیک لیوان شیر میخواهم
yek livân shir mikhâham
I want a glass of milk
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
شیر گاو
shir-e gâv
cow's milk
شیر مادر
shir-e mâdar
mother's milk
شیر و خورشید
shir-o khorshid
Lion and Sun,
شیر دل
shir-del
lion-hearted, brave
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
شیرshir
keeps company with ۶ words