بیر
Azerbaijani
Numeral
بیر
Baluchi
Noun
بیر • (bír)
See also
- گروک (girok, grok)
Central Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biːɾ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Iranian *wiHr̥Háh (“memory, mind”).
Alternative forms
- ویر (wîr)
Noun
| Northern Kurdish | bîr |
|---|
بیر (bîr)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic بِئْر (biʔr), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *biʔr-.
Noun
| Northern Kurdish | bîr |
|---|
بیر (bîr)
Chagatai
| ۱ | ۲ > | |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : بیر (bir) Distributive : بیرر (birer) | ||
Alternative forms
- بر (br /bir/)
- 𐽼𐽶𐽾 (pyr /bir/) — Old Uyghur script
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).
Numeral
بیر • (bir)
- one (1)
- 1398, Saadi Shirazi, translated by سبیجابی [/sibījābī/], edited by Oğuz Ergene, کلستان [/gülistān/, Gulistan], Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, published 2017, →ISBN:
- یاریم ایتماک ییسه تنکرینینک قولی یاریمینی بیر مسکینکا بیرور
- yārym ʾytmāk yysh tnkry-nynk qwly yārymy-ny byr mskyn-kā byrwr
- /yarım etmäk yesä teŋriniŋ qulı yarımını bir miskīngä berür/
- if a man of God eats a half bread, he gives one half to a person in need
Descendants
Kalami
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit वी॒र (vīrá, “male”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wiHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós, possibly from *weyh₁-.
Pronunciation
- Tone class: H(L)
- IPA(key): /bíːɾ/
Noun
بیر (bīr) m
References
- Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “bīr”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 81
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈbiːr/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [biːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [biːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [biɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bīr |
| Dari reading? | bīr |
| Iranian reading? | bir |
| Tajik reading? | bir |
- Rhymes: -iːr
Noun
بیر • (bīr / bir) (Tajik spelling бир)
Descendants
- → Urdu: بیر (bīr)
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian [Term?].
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈbiːr/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [biːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [biːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [biɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bīr |
| Dari reading? | bīr |
| Iranian reading? | bir |
| Tajik reading? | bir |
- Rhymes: -iːr
Noun
بیر • (bīr / bir) (Tajik spelling бир)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [biːɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Dari reading? | bīr |
Noun
بیر • (bīr)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بیر (bīr), from Middle Persian wyl (wīr), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (vīra), Sanskrit वीर (vīra, “man (especially a brave one), chief, husband”), Northern Kurdish wêrek (“courageous”), Kashmiri ویٖر (vīr, “hero”), Ossetian ир (ir), Latin vir (“man”) Lithuanian výras, and English wer.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /biːɾ/
Noun
بیر • (bīr) m (Hindi spelling बीर)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بیر (bīr) | بیر (bīr) |
| oblique | بیر (bīr) | بیروں (bīrõ) |
| vocative | بیر (bīr) | بیرو (bīro) |
Adjective
بیر • (bīr) (Hindi spelling बीर)