jir

• hir

• IPA^(key): /hir/

jir

1. man

From Chinese 箭 (MC tsjenH).

• IPA^(key): [tʃʲɛ²¹]

jir

1. (Yao'an) arrow

jir (Rimini)

1. yesterday

Borrowed from Bulgarian жир (žir) or Serbo-Croatian žir, from Proto-Slavic *žirъ.

• IPA^(key): /ʒir/

jir n (uncountable)

1. beech nut

jir m (plural jirar)

1. Southern dialect form of jidh.

From earlier *giré, probably from Proto-Cushitic *gir- (“fire”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *gir- (“fire”). Cognate with Aweer shir, Rendille jiro (“life”), Jiiddu yeri,Baiso gir, Oromo jiraachuu, Konso kira (“life”), and possibly Afar gira (“fire”), Burji jiira (“fire”), Hadiyya giira (“fire”), Kambaata gira (“fire”), Sidamo gira (“fire”).

jir

1. (transitive) to exist