པིར

Tibetan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*pir/
• Lhasa: /piː(ɹ)˥˥/

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

Noun

པིར • (pir)

1. brush, paintbrush

Descendants

• → Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠷ (bir) (from Classical Tibetan)
  • Mongolian:

    Mongolian script: ᠪᠢᠷ (bir)

    Cyrillic script: бийр (biir)

  • → Buryat: биирэ (biire), биир (biir)