ир

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ir"

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēr (“man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [irĕ], [ir̥]
• Hyphenation: ир (one syllable)

Noun

ир • (ir)

1. man

   Был көй ғәҙәттә ирҙәр бейегәндә уйнала.

   Bïl köy ğäðättä irðär beyegändä uynala.

   This tune is usually played when men dance.

   Күлде ҡамыш матурлай, ирҙе намыҫ матурлай.

   Külde qamïš maturlay, irðe namïθ maturlay.

   Cattail makes a lake nice, sense of dignity makes a man handsome.

2. husband

   Ҡатын бер ҡайҙа ла эшләмәй, ире елкәһендә йәшәй.

   Qatïn ber qayða la ešlämäy, ire yelkähendä yäšäy.

   The woman does not work anywhere (and) lives off her husband.

   Яңы хөкүмәткә ябай ауыл ҡатындарынан наказ – ирҙәребеҙҙе Себерҙән ҡайтарығыҙ!

   Yañï xökümätkä yabay awïl qatïndarïnan nakaz – irðärebeððe Seberðän qaytarïğïð!

   A mandate for the new government from ordinary rural women: bring our husbands home from Siberia! (i.e. create jobs at home.)

   Эстән янып-көйөүгә ҡарамаҫтан, кисерештәренең тамсыһын да иренә күрһәтергә ашыҡманы.

   Estän yanïp-köyöwgä qaramaθtan, kisereštäreneñ tamsïhïn da irenä kürhätergä ašïqmanï.

   Although ablaze within, (she) did not hurry to show a droplet of her feelings to her husband.

Declension

Inflection of ир (ir)

	singular	plural
absolute	ир (ir)	ир (ir)
definite genitive	ир (ir)	ир (ir)
dative	ир (ir)	ир (ir)
definite accusative	ир (ir)	ир (ir)
locative	ир (ir)	ир (ir)
ablative	ир (ir)	ир (ir)

Antonyms

• ҡатын (qatïn, “woman; wife”)

See also

• (spouse) хәләл ефет (xäläl yefet) (formal), иптәш (iptäš) (informal)

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Khakas

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēr (“man, brave, warrior, tribesman”). See also Turkish er.

Noun

ир • (ir)

1. man
2. husband
3. tribesman

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Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *hir, compare Daur xir.

Noun

ир • (ir)

1. blade, edge

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Ossetian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *wiHráh (“man”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wiHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. The traditional etymology from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas, the self-denominator of speakers of Indo-Iranian languages, is erroneous; see there for more.

Noun

ир • (ir)

1. Ossetians, the Ossetian nation
2. the speakers of the Iron dialect of the Ossetic language

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Tatar

Etymology

Related to Turkish er.

Noun

ир • (ir)

1. man (adult male human)
2. husband