گیر

See also: کیر

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? gīr
Dari reading? gīr
Iranian reading? gir
Tajik reading? gir
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Etymology 1

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Noun

گیر • (gir)

  1. block
  2. obstacle

Etymology 2

Verb

گیر • (gir)

  1. present stem form of گرفتن (gereftan)

Anagrams

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گیر (gīr, “a captor, taker, seizer”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

گِیر • (gīr) (Hindi spelling गीर)

  1. conqueror of the world

References

  • “گیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “گیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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