Shirin

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Shirin is a feminine given name of Persian origin, widely used in Iran and other Persian-influenced cultures.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shirin canonical 5
Şirin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feminine given name
given name
alternativeTransliteration Shireen
surface form: Shereen

Shireen
surface form: Sherin

Shireen
Shirin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Şirin
appearsIn Persian folklore
Persian literature
associatedAuthor Nizami Ganjavi
associatedWork Khosrow and Shirin
surface form: "Khosrow and Shirin"
culturalAssociation romantic love in Persian literature
sweetness and kindness
culturalSphere Persian-influenced cultures
etymologyRoot Persian word "shirin"
gender feminine
hasMeaning pleasant
sweet
hasVariantInLanguage Arabic
Turkish
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
languageOfOrigin Persian language
surface form: Persian
nameCategory Persian feminine given names
feminine given names
nameDayStatus no widely recognized name day
nameType personal name
notableBearer Shirin David
Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Neshat
originatesFrom Iran
popularityRegion Central Asia
Middle East
script Perso-Arabic script
surface form: Persian alphabet
semanticField pleasantness
sweetness
usageType first name
usedIn Afghanistan
Azerbaijani communities
Iran
Kurdish communities
Iranian diaspora
surface form: Persian diaspora communities

Tajikistan
variantForm Shereen (Arabic/English)
Shireen (Urdu/English)
Şirin (Turkish)
writingSystem Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shirin Ebadi givenName Shirin
Shirin alternativeTransliteration Shirin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Şirin
Khosrow II spouse Shirin