English
shareef
Shareef comes from Hindi शरीफ़ ‘noble, honourable, righteous’, and goes back to Arabic شَرُفَ.
- Arabicc. 500–presentشَرُفَšarufa‘to be noble’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentشَرِيفšarīf‘noble, honored, celebrated’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentشَرِیف
- Urdumodernشریف‘meek, gentle, noble, upstanding’
- Hindic. 1500–presentशरीफ़śarīf‘noble, honourable, righteous’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011shareef
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentشَرُفَšarufa‘to be noble’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentشَرِيفšarīf‘noble, honored, celebrated’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentشَرِیف
- Urdumodernشریف‘meek, gentle, noble, upstanding’
- Hindic. 1500–presentशरीफ़śarīf‘noble, honourable, righteous’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011shareef
Earliest quotation: 2011, Muskaan Tandon, DU's bagging it: “Sling bags are another variety that have caught the…”
Linked words
through Arabic شَرِيف ‘noble, honored, celebrated’
Today it means
adj meek, gentle, gentlemanly, upstanding, innocent
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic شَرُفَ / shareef