زیرا

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From classical compound از (az, of) +‎ ایرا (ērā, because).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? zērā
Dari reading? zērā
Iranian reading? zirâ
Tajik reading? zero

Conjunction

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زیرا (zirâ)

  1. (literary) because
    Synonym: چون (čon)
    چون که زیرا (colloquial)čon ke zirâequivalent to English “because I said so” (literally, “because because”)

Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: zira
  • Middle Armenian: զէրէ (zērē), զէրայ (zēray), զէրա (zēra)
  • Ottoman Turkish: زیرا (zira)

References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ēd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 30