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)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (one).

Numeral

بیر (bir)

  1. one (1)

Descendants

  • Uyghur: بىر (bir)
  • Uzbek: bir

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 • (bir)

  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 • (bir)

  1. thunderbolt

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English beer.

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? bīr

Noun

بیر • (bîr)

  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