پیر
Baluchi edit
Adjective edit
پیر • (pír)
Central Kurdish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
Northern Kurdish | pîr |
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پیر (pîr)
- old (of living things)
Derived terms edit
Gilaki edit
Noun edit
پیر (pe:r)
Persian edit
Dari | پیر |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | пир |
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Persian [Term?] (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.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [piːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰiːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰiɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | pīr |
Dari reading? | pīr |
Iranian reading? | pir |
Tajik reading? | pir |
Adjective edit
پیر • (pir) (comparative پیرتَر (pir-tar), superlative پیرتَرین (pir-tarin))
Usage notes edit
When used with the words مرد (mard, “man”) and زن (zan, “woman”), پیر (pir) usually precedes them and forms compounds:
which are more common than مردِ پیر (mard-e pir) and زنِ پیر (zan-e pir)
Inflection edit
Basic forms of پیر (pir) | ||
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bare | پیر (pir) | |
ezâfe | پیر (pir-e) | |
marked indefinite or relative definite |
پیری (pir-i) |
Predicative forms of پیر (pir) | ||
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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 edit
Noun edit
پیر • (pir)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From پدر (pedar).
Alternative forms edit
- پدر (pedar)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
پیر • (piyar)
References edit
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 172
Saraiki edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Sanskrit पद (pada, “foot”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀭- (-ra-).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
پیر (per) m
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian پیر (pīr, “old”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
پِیر (pīr) m
Urdu edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Sanskrit *पदर (padara), from पद (pada, “foot”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pɛːɾ/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛːɾ
Noun edit
پَیر • (pair) m (Hindi spelling पैर)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian پیر (pīr, “old”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /piːɾ/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːɾ
Noun edit
پِیر • (pīr) m (Hindi spelling पीर)
See also edit
Ushojo edit
Noun edit
پیر (per)