اسیر
Burushaski edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
اسیر (asiir)
References edit
- Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “asiir”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
اسیر • (esir or yesir)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 94
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔa.siːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæ.siːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.siɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | asīr |
Dari reading? | asīr |
Iranian reading? | asir |
Tajik reading? | asir |
Noun edit
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian اسیر (asīr), from Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.siːɾ/
- Rhymes: -iːɾ
- Hyphenation: اَ‧سِیر
- Homophones: اَثِیر (asīr), عَثِیر ('asīr), عَسِیر ('asīr), عَصِیر ('asīr)
Adjective edit
اَسِیر • (asīr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling असीर)
- captured
- (figuratively) suffering
- Synonym: مُبْتَلا (mubtalā)
Noun edit
اَسِیر • (asīr) m (formal plural اَسِیران (asīrān), Hindi spelling असीर)
- prisoner; captive (of persecution etc.)
- Synonym: قَیدی (qaidī)
- prisoner of war
Declension edit
Declension of اسیر | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | اسیر (asīr) | اسیر (asīr) |
oblique | اسیر (asīr) | اسیروں (asīrō̃) |
vocative | اسیر (asīr) | اسیرو (asīrō) |
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- اَسِیری (asīrī)
- اَسِیرِ سُلْطانی (asīr-i sultānī)
- اَسِیرِ عَدَم (asīr-i 'adam)
- اَسِیرِ مَعاش (asīr-i ma'āś)
Further reading edit
- “اسیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اسیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اسير”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.