شریف

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf).

Adjective

شریف • (şerif)

noble

Derived terms

شام شریف

Noun

شریف • (şerif)

(Islam) A descendant of prophet Muhammad.

Related terms

شریفه (şerife)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şerif1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شریف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1124

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf).

Adjective

شریف • (śarīf) (Hindi spelling शरीफ़)

meek, gentle, noble, upstanding

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