Sheri - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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  • 1.1 Etymology 1
    * 1.1.1 Proper noun
  • 1.2 Etymology 2
    * 1.2.1 Alternative forms
    * 1.2.2 Noun
  • 1.3 Anagrams

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Sheri

1. A female given name, variant of Sherry.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شرع (şerʿ, şeriʿ), from Arabic شَرْع (šarʕ).

• Sheri'

the Sheri

1. Obsolete form of Shar
   • 1876, T. Ashcroft, The Turko-Servian War, page 16:
     The Sheri being based upon the Koran is held to be divine and immutable.
   • 1880, Edward Sell, The Faith of Islam, page 87:
     The law of the Sheri does not authorize the Khalíf to place beside him a power superior to his own.
   • 1888, The Ottoman Penal Code, pages 78–79:
     Whosever shall by misadventure be guilty of homicide, or shall have unintentionally occasioned the same, shall be sentenced by the judgment of the Court to make such compensation of a civil nature, as is due to the representatives of the deceased according to the law of the Sheri.

• -shire, Hersi, Hires, Hiser, Shier, Shire, heirs, hi-res, hires, reish, shier, shire

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