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Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám (inherited)
←
Middle Persian 𐫢𐫃𐫡 (inherited)
←
Middle Persian 𐫢𐫏𐫏𐫡 (mention)
→
Azerbaijani şir (borrowed)
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Central Kurdish شیر (cognate)
→
Central Kurdish شێر (cognate)
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Persian شیراز (mention)
→
Persian شیرفش (compound)
→
Kalasha č̣hir (cognate)
→
Northern Kurdish şîr (cognate)
→
Northern Kurdish şêr (cognate)
→
Ossetian ӕхсыр (cognate)
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Sanskrit क्षीर (cognate)