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

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Cardinal : بیر (bir)     Distributive : بیرر (birer)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

Numeral

بیر • (bir)

1. one (1)

Descendants

• Uyghur: بىر (bir)
• Uzbek: bir

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]

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

• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

بیر • (bir)

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]

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

• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

بیر • (bir)

1. thunderbolt

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English beer.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [biːɾ]

Readings
Dari reading?	bīr

Noun

بیر • (bîr)

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