Shirin

E229793

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 9
Şirin 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feminine given name ⓘ
given name ⓘ
alternativeTransliteration Shereen ⓘ
linked to: Shireen

Sherin ⓘ
linked to: Shireen

Shireen ⓘ
Şirin ⓘ
linked to: Shirin
appearsIn Persian folklore ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
associatedAuthor Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
associatedWork "Khosrow and Shirin" ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
languageOfOrigin Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
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 Persian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
semanticField pleasantness ⓘ
sweetness ⓘ
usageType first name ⓘ
usedIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Azerbaijani communities ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Kurdish communities ⓘ
Persian diaspora communities ⓘ
linked to: Iranian diaspora

Tajikistan ⓘ
variantForm Shereen (Arabic/English) ⓘ
Shireen (Urdu/English) ⓘ
Şirin (Turkish) ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Arabic alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Shirin Ebadi → givenName → Shirin ⓘ
Shirin → alternativeTransliteration → Şirin ⓘ
linked to: Shirin
Khosrow II → spouse → Shirin ⓘ
Ferhat Water Channel → connectedWithLegendaryCharacter → Şirin ⓘ
linked to: Shirin
Shireen → hasVariant → Shirin ⓘ
Shirin Neshat → givenName → Shirin ⓘ
Shirin David → givenName → Shirin ⓘ
Shireen → hasVariant → Shirin ⓘ
subject linked to: Shireen (Urdu/English)