ش shīn : ش shīn
called شين معجمه or
شين منقوطه is the
thirteenth letter of the
Arabic and
sixteenth of the
Persian alphabet, corresponding nearly to श in
Sanskrit. Its sound is that of the
English sh; of the
French ch, as in
cheval; and, of the
Italian sc, as in
scimia. In
denoting numbers by the
letters of the
Arabic alphabet, it
stands for 300. It is used as an
abbreviation for the word
شمال North; and, in dates of
letters, &c. for the month
شعبان. In
Persian it may be used, 1. To mark the pro- noun of the third
person singular, in the
genitive or
accusative case; as,
نامش His name,
ثنايش His
praise, گفتمش for
گفتم اورا I said to him: and, it is
frequently disjoined from the noun to which it has
reference; as in this line of
G̱ẖanīmat, زحيرتہا خرد گرديد آبش His
under- standing was
turned to water by
astonishment, for
ازحيرتہا خردش آب شد. If,
moreover, it
relates to the same
person as the agent of the
sentence, it
stands for the
reciprocal pronoun خود; as
نہد خورهرطرف دامي زتارش کزان روپرتوي گردد شکارش The sun
spreads in every
direction a net made of his rays; that, by means
thereof he may catch a
reflected image. 2. To form the
ḥāṣil bi-l-maṣdar, verbal noun or noun of
action. In this