Sri

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Sri is a title used in Indian languages:

Sri or Shri (Devanagari श्री, official IAST transliteration Śrī) — with a pronunciation halfway between sree and shree— is a Sanskrit title of veneration, a Hindu honorific stemming from the Vedic conception of prosperity. It is one of the names of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity.
Sri is commonly prefixed to the names of Hindu gods, as well as to the names of men and women who are considered great or holy, or who derive their power from that which is holy.
- When used as a title for gods, Śrī is sometimes translated into English as Lord, but this is quite inaccurate and it is generally agreed that Śrī is best left untranslated.
- It also enters as an emphatical compound (which can be used in a multiple: shri shri, or sri sri sri, etc.) in princely styles, notably in Darbar Shri, Desai Shri, Khan Sahib Shri Babi, Malek Shri and Thakur Shri.
Sri is also the standard honorific (akin to Mr. in English, Effendi in Turkish etc.) used when referring to an adult male in various Indian languages, including Bengali, Hindi, and Sanskrit, and sometimes in English as well (in an Indian context). The equivalent title for women is Shrimati (abbreviated Smt).
Thiru is the equivalent word in Tamil.ru:Шри