دیر

See also: دیز, دير, and د ي ر

Brahui

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīr. Cognate with Badaga நீரு (nīru), Kannada ನೀರು (nīru), Malayalam നീര് (nīrŭ), Tamil நீர் (nīr), Toda நீர் (nīr), Tulu ನೀರ್ (nīrŭ), Telugu నీరు (nīru).

Noun

دِیر (dīr)

water

References

Bray, Denys (1934) “dīr”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 98

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yĀr. Cognate with Tamil யார் (yār, “who”), Kannada ಯಾರು (yāru).

Pronoun

دیر (der)

who
اونا پِن دیر اے؟
onā pin der e?
What is his name?

References

Bray, Denys (1934) “dēr”, in The Brahui Language‎^[2], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 97

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐫅𐫃𐫡 (dgr /⁠daǧr⁠/), 𐫅𐫏𐫡 (dyr /⁠dēr⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎥 (d-r-g /⁠darga⁠/, “long”), from Proto-Iranian *dr̥Hgáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dēr
Dari reading^?	dēr
Iranian reading^?	dir
Tajik reading^?	der

Rhymes: -iːr

Adjective


Iranian Persian	دیر
Dari	دیر
Tajik	дер

دیر • (dir) (comparative دیرتَر, superlative دیرتَرین)

late; tardy
Antonym: زود (zud)
long (of time)

Adverb

دیر • (dir)

late
Antonym: زود (zud)
long (of time)

Descendants

→ Assamese: দেৰি (deri)
→ Bengali: দেরি (deri)
→ Hindi: देर (der)
→ Ottoman Turkish: دیر (dir)
→ Urdu: دیر (der)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَيْر (dayr); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈdajɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äjɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äjɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äjɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ejɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äjɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dayr
Dari reading^?	dayr
Iranian reading^?	deyr
Tajik reading^?	dayr

Noun

دیر • (deyr) (plural ادیار (adyâr), or دیرها)

(literary, archaic) monastery, convent
Synonym: خانقاه (xânqâh)

References

^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 350

Ushojo

Etymology

From Persian (der).

Adjective

دیر (der)

late

[1] Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 350

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