शीर

Borrowed from Persian شیر‎ (šir). Doublet of खीर (khīr).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃiːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

शीर • (śīr) m (Urdu spelling شیر‎)

1. milk

• दूध (dūdh)

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• IPA^(key): /ɕiɾ/, [ɕiːɾ]

शीर • (śīr) f

1. (anatomy) a vein

   Synonym: नस (nas)

• धमनी (dhamnī, “artery”)
• रक्ताभिसरण (raktābhisraṇ, “blood circulation”)
• रक्तदाब (raktadāb, “blood pressure”)
• रक्तपुरवठा (raktapuravṭhā, “blood supply”)
• रक्तपेढी (raktapeḍhī, “blood bank”)
• रक्तपेशी (raktapeśī, “blood cell”)
• रक्तवाहिनी (raktavāhinī, “blood vessel”)
• हृदय (hruday, “heart”)

• Berntsen, Maxine, “शीर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “शीर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “शीर”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press