Ottoman Turkish origin
Source-reportedLikely from a variant of Ottoman Turkish شكریه (Şükriyye) with a slight alteration of rounded /y/ to unrounded /i/ by assimilation with the following -i-; the original /y/ is preserved in Shykrije. See Shukrije for more.
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: ShikrijeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

