چیره

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeː.ˈɾa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰeː.ɾǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰeː.ɾǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰeː.ɾǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.ɹé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰe.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čēra
Dari reading^?	čēra
Iranian reading^?	čire
Tajik reading^?	čera

Adjective


Iranian Persian	چیره
Dari	چیره
Tajik	чера

چیره • (čēra / čire) (comparative چیره‌تَر, superlative چیره‌تَرین)

prevailing, victorious
brave, strong, powerful
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2266:
  نیست چیره چون ترا چیره کند
  نور ندهد مر ترا تیره کند
  nēst / nist čēra / čire čūn turā / čun torâ čēra / čire kunad / konad
  nūr nadihad mar turā tēra kunad / nur nadehad mar torâ tire konad
  He is not strong: how should he make thee strong?
  He does not give light, (nay) he makes thee dark.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
rude, violent

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “چیره”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
“چیره”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چیره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul