ویر

Bakhtiari

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wyl /⁠wīr⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *wiHr̥Háh (“noun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vir/

Noun

ویر (vir)

1. memory

   اٛز ڤیروم رٱهڌ

   ez virom rahđ.

   I forgot.

2. matter

   دسم به ویرم نید

   dassom be virom nid.

   I had no hand in the matter.

Kashmiri

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वीर (vīrá).

Noun

ویٖر • (vīr) m

1. brave man

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wiːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wiːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wiɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [viːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [viɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	wīr
Dari reading?	wīr
Iranian reading?	vir
Tajik reading?	vir

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wyl /⁠wīr⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *wiHr̥Háh (“noun”).

Noun

ویر • (vir)

1. (obsolete) memory

   Synonym: حافظه (hâfeze)

2. (obsolete) mind

   Synonym: ذهن (zehn)

3. (obsolete) wit, cleverness

   Synonym: هوش (huš)

Etymology 2

From earlier ویل (vil, “desire”).

Noun

ویر • (vir)

1. (somewhat colloquial) whim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वीर (vīra). Doublet of بیر (ber).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋiːɾ/

Adjective

ویر • (ver) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling वीर)

1. heroic, brave

Noun

وِیر • (vīr) m (Hindi spelling वीर)

1. hero

   Synonym: شہید

2. fighter, one who is brave

Ushojo

Verb

ویر (ver)

1. to cry