شیر

sher, (prob. akin to S. शॄ), A tiger; a lion;—(met.) a lion of a man, a brave man:—sher-ě-ābī, s.m. 'Lion of the water'; an alligator:—sher-babar, s.m. A lion:—sher-baća, s.m. A tiger's (or a lion's) cub;—a small gun:—sher-bakrī, s.f. 'The lion and the kid'; a boy's game:—sher-ě-udā, s.m. 'The lion of God,' a title of 'Alī, and of usain:—sher rahnā, v.n.=sher honā, q.v.:—sher-ě-qālī, s.m. 'A tiger in effigy'; a person only fit to be looked at; a braggart:—sher-kībolībolnā, v.n. 'To utter the cry of a tiger'; to roar; to vomit with a loud noise:—sher-ě-gardūn, s.m. 'The lion of the sky,' the sun; the sign Leo:—sher-mard, adj. & s.m. lit.'Lion-man'; brave, valorous;—a brave man; (in the language of the devout) one who, by the practice of religious austerities, has obtained peculiar eminence in spiritual matters:—sher-mardī, s.f. Valour, bravery:—sher honā, v.n. 'To be the tiger'; to get the better (of), to overcome; be superior (to), be stronger; to tyrannize (over), to oppress.