زیرا

Persian

Alternative forms

• ازیرا‎ (azirâ) (poetic)

Etymology

• Short for از‎ (az, “from”) +‎ این‎ (in, “this”) +‎ راه‎ (râh, “way”).

• Short for از‎ (az, “from”) +‎ این‎ (in, “this”) +‎ رای‎ (rây, “reason”).

Conjunction

زیرا • (zirâ)

1. (literary) because

   ‏چون که زیرا‎ (colloquial) ― čon ke zirâ ― equivalent to English “because I said so” (literally, “because because”)

   Synonym: چون‎ (čon)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zira
• → Middle Armenian: զէրէ (zērē), զէրայ (zēray), զէրա (zēra)
  • Armenian: զերե (zere)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زیرا‎ (zira)
  • Turkish: zira