پیر
Baluchi
editAdjective
editپیر • (pír)
Central Kurdish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editNorthern Kurdish | pîr |
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پیر (pîr)
- old (of living things)
Derived terms
editGilaki
editNoun
editپیر (pe:r)
Persian
editDari | پیر |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | пир |
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle Persian 𐬞𐬌𐬭 (pyl /pīr/, “old, aged, ancient”), from Proto-Iranian *paru- (“ash-gray, pale gray, hoary”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *parHušás (“gray”); compare Sanskrit परुष (paruṣa, “spotted, rough”) and English pale.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [piːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰiːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰiɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | pīr |
Dari reading? | pīr |
Iranian reading? | pir |
Tajik reading? | pir |
- Rhymes: -iːr
Adjective
editپیر • (pir) (comparative پیرتَر (pir-tar), superlative پیرتَرین (pir-tarin))
Usage notes
editWhen used with the words مرد (mard, “man”) and زن (zan, “woman”), پیر (pir) usually precedes them and forms compounds:
which are more common than مردِ پیر (mard-e pir) and زنِ پیر (zan-e pir)
Inflection
editBasic forms of پیر (pir) | ||
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bare | پیر (pir) | |
ezâfe | پیر (pir-e) | |
marked indefinite or relative definite |
پیری (pir-i) |
Predicative forms of پیر (pir) | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person (“I am, we are”) |
پیرم (piram) |
پیریم (pirim) |
2nd person (“you are”) |
پیری (piri) |
پیرید (pirid) پیرین △ (pirin) |
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
پیر است (pir ast) پیره △ (pire) |
پیرند (pirand) پیرن △ (piran) |
△ Colloquial. |
Derived terms
editNoun
editپیر • (pir)
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom پدر (pedar).
Alternative forms
edit- پدر (pedar)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editپیر • (piyar)
References
edit- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 172
Saraiki
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Sanskrit पद (pada, “foot”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀭- (-ra-).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editپیر (per) m
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Classical Persian پیر (pīr, “old”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editپِیر (pīr) m
Urdu
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀬 (paya) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀭- (-ra-), from Sanskrit पद (pada, “foot”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editپَیر • (pair) m (Hindi spelling पैर)
Declension
editDeclension of پیر | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | پَیر (pair) | پَیر (pair) |
oblique | پَیر (pair) | پَیروں (pairō̃) |
vocative | پَیر (pair) | پَیرو (pairō) |
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Classical Persian پیر (pīr, “old”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editپِیر • (pīr) m (Hindi spelling पीर)
Declension
editDeclension of پیر | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | پِیر (pīr) | پِیر (pīr) |
oblique | پِیر (pīr) | پِیروں (pīrō̃) |
vocative | پِیر (pīr) | پِیرو (pīrō) |
See also
edit- (days of the week) ہَفْتے کے دِن (hafte ke din); اِتْوَار (itvār), پِیر (pīr), مَن٘گَل (maṅgal), بُدھ (budh), جُمِعْرات (jumi'rāt), جُمْعَہ (jum'a), ہَفْتَہ (hafta) (Category: ur:Days of the week)
References
edit- “پیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*padara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 438
Ushojo
editNoun
editپیر (per)
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- Rhymes:Persian/iːr
- Rhymes:Persian/iːr/1 syllable
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- Rhymes:Urdu/ɛːɾ
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- Rhymes:Urdu/iːɾ
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