چیره

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiː.ˈɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.ɾǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.ɾǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.ɾǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.ɾǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.ɹé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	čīra
Dari reading?	čīra
Iranian reading?	čire
Tajik reading?	čira

Dari	چیره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чира

Adjective

چیره • (čire) (comparative چیره‌تَر (čire-tar), superlative چیره‌تَرین (čire-tarin))

1. prevailing, victorious
2. brave, strong, powerful
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2266:

     نیست چیره چون ترا چیره کند
     نور ندهد مر ترا تیره کند

     nīst čīra čūn tu-rā čīra kunad
     nūr na-dihad mar tu-rā tīra kunad

     He is not strong: how should he make thee strong?
     He does not give light, (nay) he makes thee dark.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

3. rude, violent

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “چیره”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چیره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul