دیر

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See also: دیز, دير, and د ي ر

Brahui[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Dravidian *nīr. Cognate with Badaga நீரு (nīru), Kannada ನೀರು (nīru), Malayalam നീര് (nīrŭ), Tamil நீர் (nīr), Toda நீர் (nīr), Tulu ನೀರ್ (nīrŭ), Telugu నీరు (nīru).

Noun[edit]

دیر (dīr)

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Denys Bray, The Brāhūī problem (1934)

Persian[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Persian 𐫅𐫃𐫡 (dgr /⁠daǧr⁠/), 𐫅𐫏𐫡 (dyr /⁠dēr⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎥 (d-r-g /⁠darga⁠/, long), from Proto-Iranian *dr̥Hgáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? dēr
Dari reading? dēr
Iranian reading? dir
Tajik reading? der

Adjective[edit]

Dari دیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik дер

دیر (dir) (comparative دیرتَر (dir-tar), superlative دیرتَرین (dir-tarin))

  1. late; tardy
    Antonym: زود (zud)
  2. long (of time)

Adverb[edit]

دیر (dir)

  1. late
    Antonym: زود (zud)
  2. long (of time)

Descendants[edit]

  • Assamese: দেৰি (deri)
  • Bengali: দেরি (deri)
  • Hindi: देर (der)
  • Urdu: دیر (der)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic دَيْر (dayr); see there for further information.

Pronunciation[edit]

یک دیر (yek deyr, a monastery)
 

Readings
Classical reading? dayr
Dari reading? dayr
Iranian reading? deyr
Tajik reading? dayr

Noun[edit]

دیر (deyr) (plural ادیار (adyâr) or دیرها (deyr-hâ))

  1. (literary, archaic) monastery, convent
    Synonym: خانقاه (xânqâh)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 350

Ushojo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian دیر (der).

Adjective[edit]

دیر (der)

  1. late