çira

See also: CIRA, Cira, cira, čirá, çıra, and CIRA

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Persian چرا (čerâ).

Adverb

çira

1. why

Synonyms

• bo çi
• çima
• ji ber çi

See also

• چرا (çra)

Salar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چراغ (čerâğ).

Pronunciation

• (Qinghai) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃirɑ(ː)/

Noun

çira (3rd person possessive çirası, plural çiralar)

1. (archaic) lamp

   Synonym: dian

2. (dialectal, Hualong) gas lamp

   Synonym: çiraluk

Derived terms

• kiçi çira (“night-lamp”)

References

• Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96. [1]
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “çira”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 60
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “çira”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 279