سایر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَائِر (sāʔir).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ˈjiɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.jɪ́ɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.jɪ́ɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.jɪ́ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.jíɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.jéɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.jíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sāyir
Dari reading?	sāyir
Iranian reading?	sâyer
Tajik reading?	soyir

Noun

سایر • (sâyer) (plural سایرین (sâyerin))

1. (with ezâfe or in the plural) the rest (of); other

   سایر اعضای گروه ― sâyer-e a'zâ-ye goruh ― other members of the group

   سایر کتاب‌ها ― sâyer-e ketâb-hâ ― the rest of the books

   الگویی برای سایرین ― olguyi barâ-ye sâyerin ― a model for the rest

2. (archaic) walker; wanderer
   • early 1000s, ʿUnṣurī, “Panegyric 19”, in دیوان عنصری‎^[1]:

     کشوری نیست بر زمین که نشد
     نام او سایر اندر آن کشور

     kišwarē nēst bar zamīn ki na-šud
     nām-i ō sāyir andar ān kišwar

     There is no country upon the earth where his [famous] name is not wandering about.

     (Classical romanization)