See also: گیر and كیر

Persian

 
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Dari کیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik кер

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kyl /⁠kēr⁠/, penis). Cognate with Khotanese [script needed] (kūra, membrum virile), Northern Kurdish kîr (/⁠kīr⁠/), Central Kurdish کێر (kêr /⁠kēr⁠/), Zazaki kîr (kīr) and Northern Luri کێل (kıl). Note also Middle Armenian կլիր (klir).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kēr
Dari reading? kēr
Iranian reading? kir
Tajik reading? ker

Noun

کیر (kêr) (plural کیرها (kêr-hâ))

  1. (anatomy, vulgar) penis, cock, prick
    دوستان کار کیر بازی نیست / هیچ کاری بدین درازی نیست
    dōstān kār i kēr bāzī nēst / hēč kārē badēn dirāzī nēst. (Ubayd e Zakani)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Gujarati: કેર (ker)
  • Ottoman Turkish: كیر (kir)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kēr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Harold Walter Bailey (1979), "kūra", in Dictionary of Khotan Saka. Cambridge University Press.