تیر

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dẹr (“sweat”)

Noun

تیر (ter)

1. sweat

Descendants

• Uyghur: تەر‎ (ter‎)
• Uzbek: ter

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭲𐭩𐭠 (ḥtyʾ), [Book Pahlavi needed] (HTYA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (tgl), 𐫤𐫏𐫃𐫡 (tygr /⁠tigr, tīr⁠/, “arrow”), from Old Persian [Term?], compare 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼 (t-i-g-r /⁠tigraʰ⁠/, “sharp”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬌 (tiγri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “sharp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰiːɾ]

Noun

Dari	تیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тир

تیر • (tir) (plural تیرها (tir-hâ))

1. arrow
2. bullet
3. dart
4. beam
5. pole

Derived terms

• تیرانداز (tir-andâz)
• تیراندازی (tir-andâzi)

Descendants

• Bengali: তীর (tir)
  • Rohingya: tir
• Dhivehi: ތީރު (tīru)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: तीर (tīr)

  Urdu: تیر (tīr)

• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: tîr

  Sorani:

• Rajasthani: तीर (tīr)
• Tajik: тир (tir)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “tigr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian 𐭲𐭩𐭫 (Tīr, “a god; Mercury; 4th month; 13th day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰiːɾ]

Proper noun

Dari	تیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Тир

تیر • (Tir)

1. Tir, the fourth month of the solar Persian calendar.
2. Name of the thirteenth day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.
4. (astronomy) Mercury (planet)

Synonyms

• (Mercury): عطارد (otâred)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) سیاره‌های منظومه شمسی (sayyâre-hâ-ye manzume-ye šamsi); تیر (tir), ناهید (nâhid), زمین (zamin), مریخ (merrix), مشتری (moštari), زحل (zohal), اورانوس (urânus), نپتون (neptun)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “Tīr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83

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Urdu

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit तीर (tīra).

Noun

تیر • (tīr) m (Hindi spelling तीर)

1. shore
2. bank
3. margin
4. brink
5. edge

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian تیر (tir).

Noun

تیر • (tīr) f (Hindi spelling तीर)

1. Tir, fourth solar month of the Persian calendar
3. (astronomy) Mercury (planet)

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian تیر (tir).

Noun

تیر • (tīr) m (Hindi spelling तीर)

1. arrow
2. beam
3. pole

Etymology 4

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit तीरित (tīrita), from root तरति (tarati).

Adjective

تیر • (ter) (Hindi spelling तेर)

1. passed
2. spent (time)