دبیر

Persian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian 𐭣𐭯𐭩𐭥𐭥 (dibīr). Akin to Old Armenian դպիր (dpir); an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

دبیر • (dabir, debir)

1. scribe, secretary
2. writing-master

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دبیر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul