تیر
Central Kurdish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiːɾ/
Noun
| Northern Kurdish | tîr |
|---|
تیر (tîr)
Derived terms
- تیرباران (tîrbaran)
- تیردان (tîrdan)
- تیرھاوێژ (tîrhawêj)
- تیرۆک (tîrok)
- تیرەمار (tîremar)
References
- Hejar (1990) “تیر”, in Henbane borîne[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 173
- Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “tîr”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 149
Chagatai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *dẹr (“sweat”).
Noun
تیر (ter)
Descendants
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭲𐭩𐭠 (ḥtyʾ), [Book Pahlavi needed] (HTYA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (tgl), 𐫤𐫏𐫃𐫡 (tygr /tigr, tīr/, “arrow”), from Old Persian [Term?], compare 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼 (t-i-g-r /tigraʰ/, “sharp”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬌 (tiγri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “sharp”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈtiːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰiːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰiːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰiɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tīr |
| Dari reading? | tīr |
| Iranian reading? | tir |
| Tajik reading? | tir |
- Rhymes: -iːr
Noun
| Dari | تیر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | тир |
تیر • (tir) (plural تیرها)
- arrow
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 118:
- گفت آری موی ابرو شد کمان
سوی تو افکند تیری از گمان- guft ārē mōy-i abrū šud kamān
sōy-i tū afkand tīr-ē az gumān - “Yes,” said ‘Umar, “the hair of thine eyebrow had become like a bow
and shot at thee an arrow of opinion.”
- guft ārē mōy-i abrū šud kamān
- bullet
- dart
- (mechanics, engineering) beam
- pole
Derived terms
- تیرانداز (tir-andâz)
- تیراندازی (tir-andâzi)
Descendants
- → Bengali: তীর (tir)
- Rohingya: tir
- → Dhivehi: ތީރު (tīru)
- → Hindustani:
- → Marathi: तीर (tīr)
- → Marwari: तीर (tīr)
- → Ottoman Turkish: تیر (tir)
- → Punjabi:
- → Tajik: тир (tir)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “tigr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian [script needed] (tyl /Tīr/, “a god; Mercury; 4th month; 13th day”). Compare Old Armenian Տիր (Tir), տրէ (trē), Iranian borrowings.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈtiːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰiːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰiːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰiɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tīr |
| Dari reading? | tīr |
| Iranian reading? | tir |
| Tajik reading? | tir |
Proper noun
| Dari | تیر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Тир |
تیر • (tir)
- Tir, the fourth month of the solar Persian calendar.
- Name of the thirteenth day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.
- (astronomy) Mercury (planet)
- Synonym: عطارد ('otâred)
See also
- planets of the Solar System: سیارههای منظومه شمسی (sayyâre-hâ-ye manzume-ye šamsi): تیر (tir) · ناهید (nâhid) · زمین (zamin) · مریخ (merrix) · مشتری (moštari) · زحل (zohal) · اورانوس (urânus) · نپتون (neptun) [edit]
References
- Eilers, Wilhelm (1976) Sinn und Herkunft der Planetennamen (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften: Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 1975.5)[2] (in German), Munich: Verl. der Bayerischen Akad. der Wiss., pages 43–50
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “Tīr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83
Urdu
Etymology 1
Noun
تیر • (tīr) m (Hindi spelling तीर)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian تیر (tīr).
Noun
تیر • (tīr) f (Hindi spelling तीर)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Classical Persian تیر (tīr).
Noun
تیر • (tīr) m (Hindi spelling तीर)
Etymology 4
From Sanskrit तीरित (tīrita), from root तरति (tarati).
Adjective
تیر • (ter) (Hindi spelling तेर)