ܫܗܪܝܓ šhryg, plur. ܫܲܗܪܝܼܓܵܢ šhrygn šahriḡān landed proprietors
According to Hoffmann and PS Suppl., the word comes from MP šahrīg, a derivative of MP šahr [štr'] land, country; city (CPD 79; Nyberg 183); ManMP and ManParth. šhr /šahr/ land, country, region (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 315 ff.); NP šahr id.; see also ManMP šhryg /šahrīg/ citizen, burgess (?) (ibid. 318); note the Pers. plur. -ān (cf. § 9.3.2) ● Th Marg 1, 151, 7; 164, 7; BB 1939, 3 ◆ LS 760a–b; Nöldeke 1879, 446 f.; Hoffmann 1880, 236–237 and 239; PS Suppl. 329; Duval index pers. 222