斯里巴利語သိရိ或සිරි或សិរិ Siri),又譯作師利梵文𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖱 Śrī藏體ཤྲཱི天城體श्री)、室利尸利、「西」、「師里」、「斯瑞」等,是源自於梵文的前綴詞語,常在東亞、東南亞、南亞的佛教、印度教、耆那教地區以及俄羅斯佛教地區使用。

斯里的本意是「光明」、「榮耀」、「光榮」、「美觀」,引申義有「莊嚴」、「吉祥」,古文佛典裏多音譯作師利室利或意譯作吉祥莊嚴威德,如文殊師利菩薩(Mañjuśri),又譯曼殊室利菩薩,意譯「妙吉祥」;大吉祥天女Mahāśrī)也譯為「摩訶室利」。而用在人名前時,應譯作「先生」、「女士」,或「吉」、「聖」,亦可不譯(有時這個詞在一些人名面前會被重複多次,以示尊敬)[1];如斯瑞·奧羅賓多(Śrī Arabinda)。在地名前時,常意譯作「聖」、「吉」,或不譯,有時也有譯作「斯里」、「師里」等。這個詞在神靈名稱前時翻譯為「聖」。斯里的詞根原指一神靈。[2][3]

在各語言中的形式

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語言文字 寫法 註釋
阿薩姆語 শ্রী
孟加拉語 শ্রী
天城文 श्री
印尼語 Sri 常用於人名前
爪哇語 ꦱꦿꦶ(Sri) 常用於人名前
卡納達語 ಶ್ರೀ
馬來語 سري(Seri)
馬拉雅拉姆語 ശ്രീ
緬甸語 သီရိ(Thiri)
奧里雅語 ଶ୍ରୀ
旁遮普語 ਸ਼੍ਰੀ
僧伽羅語 ශ්‍රී
泰米爾語 ஸ்ரீ(Shre,Shree)
泰盧固語 శ్రీ
泰語 ศิริ(Siri)、ศรี(Sri、Si) 常用作爵名或地名前

參見

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來源

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  1. ^ Howard Measures. Styles of address: a manual of usage in writing and in speech. Macmillan. 1962: 136, 140 [19 January 2011]. (原始內容存檔於2014-01-01). 
  2. ^ Turner, Sir Ralph Lilley; Dorothy Rivers Turner. A comparative dictionary of the Indo-Aryan languages.. London: Oxford University Press,. January 2006: 736 [1962] [22 April 2010]. (原始內容存檔於2012-12-15). śrīˊ 12708 śrīˊ feminine ' light, beauty ' R̥gveda, ' welfare, riches ' Avestan (Iranian) Pali Prakrit sirī – feminine, Prakrit – feminine ' prosperity '; Marāṭhī – s honorific affix to names of relationship (e.g. āj̈ā – s, ājī – s) Jules Bloch La Formation de la Langue Marathe Paris 1920, page 412. – Sinhalese siri ' health, happiness ' (Wilhelm Geiger An Etymological Glossary of the Sinhalese Language Colombo 1941, page 180) a loanword from Pali <-> See addendum śrḗyas – , śrḗṣṭha – . See Addenda: śrīˊ – occurring for the first time in Addenda : śrīparṇī – . 
  3. ^ Apte, Vaman Shivaram. Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary. Prasad Prakashan. 1957–59: 1575. 1 Wealth, riches, affluence, prosperity, plenty; ... -2 Royalty, majesty, royal wealth;... -3 Dignity, high position, state;... -4 Beauty, grace, splendour, lustre;... -5 Colour, aspect; ... -6 The goddess of wealth, Lak-ṣmī, the wife of Viṣṇu;... -7 Any virtue or excellence. -8 Decoration. -9 Intellect, understanding. -1 Super- human power. -11 The three objects of human existence taken collectively (धर्म, अर्थ and काम). -12 The Sarala tree. -13 The Bilva tree. -14 Cloves. -15 A lotus. -16 The twelfth digit of the moon. -17 N. of Sarasvatī, (the goddess of speech). -18 Speech. -19 Fame, glory. -2 The three Vedas (वेदत्रयी);... -m. N. of one of the six Rāgas or musical modes. -a. Splendid, radiant, adorning. (The word श्री is often used as an honorific prefix to the names of deities and eminent persons; श्रीकृष्णः, श्रीरामः, श्रिवाल्मीकिः, श्रीजयदेवः; also celebrated works, generally of a sacred character; श्रीभागवत, श्रीरामायण)&c.; it is also used as an auspicious sign at the commencement of letters, manuscripts &c