པིར

Tibetan

Etymology

From Classical Tibetan [Term?], from Middle Chinese 筆 (MC pit).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*pir/
Lhasa: /piː(ɹ)˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*pir/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: bir^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /piː(ɹ)˥˥/

Noun

པིར • (pir)

brush, paintbrush

Descendants

→ Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠷ (bir) (from Classical Tibetan)
- Mongolian:
  Mongolian script: ᠪᠢᠷ (bir)
  
  Cyrillic script: бийр (biir)
- → Buryat: биирэ (biire), биир (biir)