tir

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tir"

Translingual

Symbol

tir

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tigrinya.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Tigrinya terms

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Noun

tir m (plural tirioù)

  1. land

Inflection

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Mutation of tir
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular tir dir zir unchanged
plural tirioù dirioù zirioù unchanged

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from tirar (“to shoot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tir m (plural tirs)

  1. shot
  2. shooting (sport)

Derived terms

  • tir amb arc
  • tir olímpic

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish tir, from Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiːr/

Noun

tir m (plural tiryow)

  1. land, earth

Mutation

Mutation of tir
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
tir dir thir unchanged unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

French

Etymology

Deverbal from tirer (“to shoot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiʁ/
  • Audio; “un tir”:(file)

Noun

tir m (plural tirs)

  1. shot, shooting (of a weapon) [from 1660]
    tir précis ― precise shot
    tir au canon ― cannon firing
    tir à l'arc ― archery
  2. shooting (sport)
  3. shooting range [from 1826]
    • 1854, Gérard de Nerval, “Angélique”, in Les Filles du feu [The Daughters of Fire]:
      Un tir a été établi pour les archers dans un des fossés qui se rapprochent de la ville.
      A range was set up for the archers in one of the ditches that approach the city.
  4. blasting (in mines)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Belarusian: цір (cir)
  • → Russian: тир (tir)
  • → Ukrainian: тир (tyr)

Further reading

Anagrams

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪr/
  • Rhymes: -tir

Etymology 1

From Malay tir; ultimately from Tamil தேர் (tēr).

Noun

tir (plural tir-tir)

  1. (chess) rook; castle
    Synonym: benteng
  2. (chess) bishop
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

tir (plural tir-tir)

  1. alternative spelling of tar (“tar”)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Tamil தேர் (tēr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [te(r)]
  • Rhymes: -ir

Noun

tir (Jawi spelling تير, plural tir-tir)

  1. (sports) The rook or castle piece in chess.
    Synonym: benteng

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tir

See also

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur
بواه چاتور (layout · text)
raja, syah
راج, شاه 		bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu
بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو 		benteng, tir
بينتيڠ, تير 		gajah
ݢاجه 		kuda
کودا 		bidak, piadah, pion
بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون

Further reading

Old Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tīros.

Noun

tir

  1. earth, land

Descendants

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tīraz, from Proto-Indo-European *dey-.

Cognate with Old Norse tírr (“glory, honour”) and Old Saxon tīr (“glory, renown”). Compare Proto-Germanic *tiari- (“neat, splendid”), whence Old High German ziari (“neat, beautiful, splendid”), Old High German zierī (German Zier (“splendour, beauty”)), German zieren (“to decorate”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiːr/

Noun

tīr m

  1. fame; glory; honour

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative tīr tīras
accusative tīr tīras
genitive tīres tīra
dative tīre tīrum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: tir

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “tairi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 506

Old Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. “dry land” as opposed to lake or sea. Cognates include Latin terra, German dürr, English thirst.

Noun

tir m

  1. land

Descendants

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From blue-and-white plates with the French initialism TIR (“Transports Internationaux Routiers”), which are put on vehicles matching the requirements of the TIR Convention.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtir/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ir
  • Syllabification: tir

Noun

tir m animal (related adjective tirowy)

  1. articulated lorry

Declension

Declension of tir
singular plural
nominative tir tiry
genitive tira tirów
dative tirowi tirom
accusative tira tiry
instrumental tirem tirami
locative tirze tirach
vocative tirze tiry

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • tir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rohingya

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Bengali তীর (tir), from Persian تیر (tir).

Noun

tir (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴞𐴌)

  1. arrow

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tir.

Noun

tir n (uncountable)

  1. shooting (of a weapon)

Declension

Declension of tir
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tir tirul
genitive-dative tir tirului
vocative tirule

Sumerian

Romanization

tir

  1. romanization of 𒌁 (tir)

Tatar

Noun

tir

  1. sweat

Waigali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɾ/

Adjective

tir (Nisheigram)

  1. true

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tir, from Old Welsh tir, from Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

tir m (plural tiroedd)

  1. land

Derived terms

  • abatir (“abbey land”)
  • ardir (“arable land, tillage”)
  • blaendir (“foreground”)
  • cefndir (“background”)
  • coetir (“woodland”)
  • corstir (“marshland”)
  • crastir (“parched land”)
  • crindir (“parched land”)
  • culdir (“isthmus”)
  • cyfandir (“continent”)
  • cyffindir (“frontier, ecotone”)
  • cytir (“common”)
  • diffeithdir (“wasteland”)
  • ffendir (“fenland”)
  • Ffindir (“Finland”)
  • glastir (“pasture land, sward”)
  • gwastatir (“level, plain”)
  • gwlyptir (“wetland”)
  • Iseldiroedd (“Netherlands”)
  • llwyfandir (“plateau”)
  • maestir (“open country”)
  • mawndir (“peatland”)
  • milltir (“mile”)
  • mynydd-dir (“mountain land, hill country”)
  • peithdir (“pampa”)
  • pentir (“headland”)
  • rhandir (“division, allotment”)
  • rhostir (“moorland, heathland”)
  • Swistir (“Switzerland”)
  • tir agored (“champion land”)
  • tir âr (“ploughland, arable land”)
  • tir ar rent (“fief”)
  • tir breiniol (“franchise”)
  • tir bwrdais (“burgage”)
  • tir caeedig (“enclosure, enclosed land”)
  • tir comin (“common land”)
  • tir diffaith (“wasteland”)
  • tir eglwys (“glebe”)
  • tir esgob (“bishopland”)
  • tir ffermio (“farmland”)
  • tir glas (“greenfield”)
  • tir llan (“glebe”)
  • tir mawr (“mainland”)
  • tir neb (“no-man's land”)
  • tir oer (“tierra fria”)
  • tir poeth (“tierra caliente”)
  • tir pori (“pasture, grazing land”)
  • tir prysg (“scrubland”)
  • tir rhydd-ddaliol (“freehold land”)
  • tir rhyngafonol (“interfluve”)
  • tir rhywiog (“tilth”)
  • tir tro (“tillage”)
  • tir tymherus (“tierra templada”)
  • tir y goron (“crown land”)
  • tir ymylol (“marginal land”)
  • tir ysgol (“school ground”)
  • tirfeddiannol (“landowning”)
  • tirio (“to land, to disembark”)
  • tiriol (“terreous”)
  • turio (“to burrow”)
  • ucheldir (“highland”)
  • y Canoldir (“the Mediterranean”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tir
radical soft nasal aspirate
tir dir nhir thir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tir”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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