بیر

Azerbaijani

Numeral

بیر

  1. Arabic spelling of bir (one)

Baluchi

Noun

بیر • (bír)

  1. lightning

See also

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biːɾ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *wiHr̥Háh (memory, mind).

Alternative forms

Noun

Northern Kurdish bîr

بیر (bîr)

  1. memory
  2. mind
    Synonym: زەین (zeyn)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بِئْر (biʔr), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *biʔr-.

Noun

Northern Kurdish bîr

بیر (bîr)

  1. well

Chagatai

Chagatai cardinal numbers
۱ ۲  > 
    Cardinal : بیر (bir)
    Distributive : بیرر (birer)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (one).

Numeral

بیر • (bir)

  1. 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

  • Uyghur: بىر (bir)
  • Uzbek: bir

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 (bīrm

    1. male goat

    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

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? bīr
    Dari reading? bīr
    Iranian reading? bir
    Tajik reading? bir
    • Rhymes: -iːr

    Noun

    بیر • (bīr / bir) (Tajik spelling бир)

    1. hero
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    From Middle Persian [Term?].

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? bīr
    Dari reading? bīr
    Iranian reading? bir
    Tajik reading? bir
    • Rhymes: -iːr

    Noun

    بیر • (bīr / bir) (Tajik spelling бир)

    1. thunderbolt

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from English beer.

    Pronunciation

    Readings
    Dari reading? bīr

    Noun

    بیر • (bīr)

    1. (chiefly Dari) beer, alcohol

    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

    Noun

    بیر • (bīrm (Hindi spelling बीर)

    1. hero, warrior, ghazi
    2. champion, conqueror
    3. wrestler, pehelwan
    4. plum, jujube
    Declension of بیر
    singular plural
    direct بیر (bīr) بیر (bīr)
    oblique بیر (bīr) بیروں (bīrõ)
    vocative بیر (bīr) بیرو (bīro)

    Adjective

    بیر • (bīr) (Hindi spelling बीर)

    1. brave, courageous
    2. powerful, strong, mighty