श्रीमान

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit श्रीमान् (śrīmān).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃɾiː.mɑːn/, [ʃɾiː.mä̃ːn̪]

Noun

श्रीमान • (śrīmān) m (feminine श्रीमती)

  1. mister (term of address for a man)
    Synonyms: जनाब (janāb), मिस्टर (misṭar), जी (jī)

Declension
Declension of श्रीमान (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct श्रीमान
śrīmān		 श्रीमान
śrīmān
oblique श्रीमान
śrīmān		 श्रीमानों
śrīmānõ
vocative श्रीमान
śrīmān		 श्रीमानो
śrīmāno

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit श्रीमान् (śrīmān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [srimän]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: स्रिमान्

Noun

श्रीमान • (śrīmān) m

  1. husband
    Synonyms: बूढा (būḍhā), बुढा (buḍhā), बुढो (buḍho), लोग्ने (logne), दुलहा (dulahā)
  2. mister (term of address for a man)
    Synonym: जी (jī)

Further reading
  • “श्रीमान”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “श्रीमान”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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