Sri, Shri, Shree, Siri or Seri (Devanagari - श्री, Bahasa- Seri,Kannaa- ಶ್ರೀ, Tamil - ஸ்ரீ, official IAST transliteration Śrī) means wealth, is a Sanskrit title of veneration, a Hindu honorific stemming from the Puranic conception of prosperity. It signifies the goddess of wealth - Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu. Lakshmi symbolises beauty, wealth and grace. According to Sanskrit grammar, Sri belongs to the feminine subjunctive gender but nowadays it is written as a masculine name prefix, short for Sriman and it is akin to Mr. in English, kreiōn in Greek, Effendi in Turkish, or Thiru in Tamil. It is pronounced halfway between sree and shree.