بیر

See also: بير, پیر, تثر, بتر, پتر, ثبر, تتر, تبر, بثر, بئر, ببر, بري, ثري, يرب, يرث, يبر, يتر, and يثر

Azerbaijani

Numeral

بیر

1. Arabic spelling of bir (“one”)

Baluchi

Noun

بیر • (bír)

1. lightning

See also

• گروک (girok, grok)

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːɾ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *wiHr̥Háh (“memory, mind”).

Alternative forms

• ویر (wîr)

Noun

Northern Kurdish	bîr

بیر (bîr)

1. memory
2. mind

   Synonym: زەین (zeyn)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic بِئْر (biʔr), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *biʔr-.

Noun

Northern Kurdish	bîr

بیر (bîr)

1. well

Chagatai

Chagatai cardinal numbers

	۱	۲  >
Cardinal : بیر (bir)     Distributive : بیرر (birer)

Alternative forms

• بر (br /⁠bir⁠/)
• 𐽼𐽶𐽾 (pyr /⁠bir⁠/) — Old Uyghur script

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

Numeral

بیر • (bir)

1. one (1)
   • 1398, Saadi Shirazi, translated by سبیجابی [/sibījābī/], edited by Oğuz Ergene, کلستان [/gülistān/, Gulistan], Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, published 2017, →ISBN:

     یاریم ایتماک ییسه تنکری‌نینک قولی یاریمی‌نی بیر مسکین‌کا بیرور

     yʾrym ʾytmʾk yysh tnkry-nynk qwly yʾrymy-ny byr mskyn-kʾ byrwr

     /yarım etmäk yesä teŋriniŋ qulı yarımını bir miskīngä berür/

     if a man of God eats a half bread, he gives one half to a person in need

Descendants

• Uyghur: بىر (bir)
• Uzbek: bir

Kalami

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wiHrás

Sanskrit वी॒र (vīrá)

Kalami بیر

Inherited from Sanskrit वी॒र (vīrá, “male”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wiHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós, possibly from *weyh₁-.

Pronunciation

• Tone class: H(L)
• IPA^(key): /bíːɾ/

Noun

بیر (bīr) m

1. male goat

References

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “bīr”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 81

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [biːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [biɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [biɾ]

• Rhymes: -iːr

Readings
Classical reading?	bīr
Dari reading?	bīr
Iranian reading?	bir
Tajik reading?	bir

Noun

بیر • (bīr / bir) (Tajik spelling бир)

1. hero

Descendants

• → Urdu: بیر (bīr)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [biːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [biɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [biɾ]

• Rhymes: -iːr

Readings
Classical reading?	bīr
Dari reading?	bīr
Iranian reading?	bir
Tajik reading?	bir

Noun

بیر • (bīr / bir) (Tajik spelling бир)

1. thunderbolt

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *beuzą

Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ

Old English bēor

Middle English ber

English beerbor.

Persian بیر

Borrowed from English beer.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːɾ]

Readings
Dari reading?	bīr

Noun

بیر • (bīr)

1. (chiefly Dari) beer, alcohol

Urdu

A Mughal painting depicting the بیر (bīr, "hero") Rustam slaying a demon in the Shahnameh

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیر (bīr), from Middle Persian wyl (wīr), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (vīra), Sanskrit वीर (vīra, “man (especially a brave one), chief, husband”), Northern Kurdish wêrek (“courageous”), Kashmiri ویٖر (vīr, “hero”), Ossetian ир (ir), Latin vir (“man”) Lithuanian výras, and English wer.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /biːɾ/

Noun

بیر • (bīr) m (Hindi spelling बीर)

1. hero, warrior, ghazi
2. champion, conqueror
3. wrestler, pehelwan
4. plum, jujube

Declension of بیر

	singular	plural
direct	بیر (bīr)	بیر (bīr)
oblique	بیر (bīr)	بیروں (bīrõ)
vocative	بیر (bīr)	بیرو (bīro)

Adjective

بیر • (bīr) (Hindi spelling बीर)

1. brave, courageous
2. powerful, strong, mighty