زیرا
Persian
Alternative forms
- ازیرا (azērā) (poetic, Classical Persian)
Etymology
From classical compound از (az, “of”) + ایرا (ērā, “because”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈzeː.ɾaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zéː.ɾɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zíː.ɹɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zé.ɾɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | zērā |
| Dari reading? | zērā |
| Iranian reading? | zirâ |
| Tajik reading? | zero |
Conjunction
زیرا • (zirâ)
- (literary) because
- Synonym: چون (čon)
- چون که زیرا (colloquial) ― čon ke zirâ ― equivalent to English “because I said so” (literally, “because because”)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: zira
- → Middle Armenian: զէրէ (zērē), զէրայ (zēray), զէրա (zēra)
- Armenian: զերե (zere)
- → Ottoman Turkish: زیرا (zira)
- Turkish: zira
- → Armenian: զիրա (zira)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ēd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 30