میره

Bakhtiari

Etymology

    Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mlt' /⁠mard⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (GBRA /⁠mard⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (martiya), from Proto-Iranian *mŕ̥tah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥tas, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), from *mer- (“to die”). Akin to Persian مرد (mard).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hatflang, around Masjed Solayman) IPA(key): /mej.re/, [meːⁱ.re], (older) /mej.ra/, [meːⁱ.ra], /miː.ra/, [miː.ra]

    Noun

    میره (meyre)

    1. husband (man in a marriage)

    Derived terms

    • میره ددو (meyre dadu, “brother-in-law”)
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