پیر

See also: بیر, بير, تثر, بتر, پتر, ثبر, تتر, تبر, بثر, بئر, ببر, بري, ثري, يرب, يرث, يبر, يتر, and يثر

Baluchi

Adjective

پیر • (pír)

1. old

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːɾ/

Adjective

Northern Kurdish	pîr

پیر (pîr)

1. old (of living things)

Derived terms

• پیری (pîrî)
• پیرەزا (pîreza)
• پیرەژن (pîrejin)
• پیرەمێرد (pîremêrd)
• داپیر (dapîr)
• باپیر (bapîr)

Gilaki

Noun

پیر (pe:r)

1. father

Persian

Dari	پیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пир

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐬞𐬌𐬭 (pyl /⁠pīr⁠/, “old, aged, ancient”), from Proto-Iranian *paru- (“ash-gray, pale gray, hoary”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *parHušás (“gray”); compare Sanskrit परुष (paruṣa, “spotted, rough”) and English pale.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰiːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰiɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰiɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	pīr
Dari reading?	pīr
Iranian reading?	pir
Tajik reading?	pir

Adjective

پیر • (pir) (comparative پیرتَر (pir-tar), superlative پیرتَرین (pir-tarin))

1. old, aged (of living things; see also قدیمی (qadimi) for non-living things)

   Synonyms: (more respectful) مُسِن (mosen, “elderly”), (more formal) سال‌خورده (sâl-xorde, “senior”), کُهَن‌سال (kohan-sâl, “very old, centenarian”)

   آموزگارِ پیر ― âmuzgâr-e pir ― aged teacher

   درختِ پیر ― deraxt-e pir ― old tree

Usage notes

When used with the words مرد (mard, “man”) and زن (zan, “woman”), پیر (pir) usually precedes them and forms compounds:

• پیرمرد (pir-(e)-mard, “old man”)
• پیرزن (pir-(e)-zan, “old woman”)

which are more common than مردِ پیر (mard-e pir) and زنِ پیر (zan-e pir)

Inflection

Basic forms of پیر (pir)
bare	پیر (pir)
ezâfe	پیر (pir-e)
marked indefinite or relative definite	پیری (pir-i)

Predicative forms of پیر (pir)
	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	پیرم (piram)	پیریم (pirim)
2nd person (“you are”)	پیری (piri)	پیرید (pirid) پیرین △ (pirin)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	پیر است (pir ast) پیره △ (pire)	پیرند (pirand) پیرن △ (piran)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• پیری (piri)
• پیرزن (pir-e-zan, pir-zan)
• پیرمرد (pir-e-mard, pir-mard)
• گنده‌پیر (gande-pir)

Noun

پیر • (pir)

1. (Sufism) Pir, Sheikh

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: pir
• → Bengali: পীর (pīr)
• → English: pir
• → Saraiki: پیر (pīr)
• → Urdu: پیر (pīr)

Etymology 2

From پدر (pedar).

Alternative forms

• پدر (pedar)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈjæɾ/

Noun

پیر • (piyar)

1. (dialectal, Harat) father

Saraiki

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit पद (pada, “foot”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀭- (-ra-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peːɾ/

Noun

پیر (per) m

1. (anatomy) foot

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیر (pīr, “old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːɾ/

Noun

پِیر (pīr) m

1. (Sufism) saint, mystic

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀬 (paya) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀭- (-ra-), from Sanskrit पद (pada, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɛːɾ/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɛːɾ

Noun

پَیر • (pair) m (Hindi spelling पैर)

1. foot
2. footprint

Declension

Declension of پیر
	singular	plural
direct	پَیر (pair)	پَیر (pair)
oblique	پَیر (pair)	پَیروں (pairō̃)
vocative	پَیر (pair)	پَیرو (pairō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیر (pīr, “old”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /piːɾ/

• Audio (Pakistan):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun

پِیر • (pīr) m (Hindi spelling पीर)

1. old man
2. (Sufism) saint, mystic
3. Monday

   Synonym: دو شنبہ (do-śanba)

Declension

Declension of پیر
	singular	plural
direct	پِیر (pīr)	پِیر (pīr)
oblique	پِیر (pīr)	پِیروں (pīrō̃)
vocative	پِیر (pīr)	پِیرو (pīrō)

See also

• (days of the week) ہَفْتے کے دِن (hafte ke din)‎; اِتْوَار (itvār)‎, پِیر (pīr)‎, مَن٘گَل (maṅgal)‎, بُدھ (budh)‎, جُمِعْرات (jumi'rāt)‎, جُمْعَہ (jum'a)‎, ہَفْتَہ (hafta)‎ ^{(Category: ur:Days of the week)}

References

• “پیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*padara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 438

Ushojo

Noun

پیر (per)

1. jinn, ghost