بشیر

See also: تشير, بشير, and تسير

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَشِير (bašīr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ba.ˈʃiːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ʃíːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.ʃíːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.ʃíɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.ʃíːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.ʃíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bašīr
Dari reading^?	bašīr
Iranian reading^?	bašir
Tajik reading^?	bašir

Noun

بشیر • (bašir)

bringer of good news; herald
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 186:
  تا سمرقند آمدند آن دو امیر
  پیش آن زرگر ز شاهنشه بشیر
  tā samarqand āmadand ān du amīr
  pēš-i ān zargar zi šāhinšah bašīr
  Those two Amírs came to Samarcand and went to the goldsmith, bearing the good news from the king.

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	بشیر
Dari	بشیر
Tajik	Башир

بشیر • (bašir)

a male given name, Bashir or Basheer, from Arabic
a surname from Arabic, Bashir, Basheer

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic بَشِير (bašīr).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ʃiːɾ/
Rhymes: -iːɾ

Proper noun

بشیر • (baśīr) m (Hindi spelling बशीर)

a male given name, Bashir or Basheer, from Arabic
a surname, Bashir or Basheer, from Arabic