دیر

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See also: دیز, دير, and د ي ر

Brahui

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Etymology 1

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Inherited 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

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دِیر (dīr)

  1. water

References

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “dīr”, in The Brahui Language[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 98

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yĀr. Cognate with Tamil யார் (yār, who), Kannada ಯಾರು (yāru).

Pronoun

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دیر (der)

  1. who
    اونا پِن دیر اے؟
    onā pin der e?
    What is his name?

References

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “dēr”, in The Brahui Language[2], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 97

Persian

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Etymology 1

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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

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

Adjective

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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

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دیر (dir)

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

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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یک دیر (yek deyr, a monastery)
 

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

Noun

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

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

References

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  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

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Etymology

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From Persian دیر (der).

Adjective

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دیر (der)

  1. late