دیر

See also: دیز, دير, and د ي ر

Brahui

Etymology 1

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

دِیر (dīr)

1. water

References

• 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

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

Pronoun

دیر (der)

1. who

   اونا پِن دیر اے؟

   onā pin der e?

   What is his name?

References

• 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

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɾ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eɾ]

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

• Rhymes: (in Iran) -iːr, (elsewhere) -eːr

Adjective

دیر • (dēr / dir) (comparative دیرتَر, superlative دیرتَرین, Tajik spelling дер)

1. late; tardy

   Antonym: زود (zūd / zud)

2. long (of time)

Adverb

دیر • (dēr / dir) (Tajik spelling дер)

1. late

   Antonym: زود (zūd / zud)

2. long (of time)

Descendants

• → Assamese: দেৰি (deri)
• → Bengali: দেরি (deri)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: देर (der)

  Urdu: دیر (der)

• → Ottoman Turkish: دیر (dîr)
• → Odia: ଡେରି (ḍeri)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਦੇਰ (der)

  Shahmukhi script: دیر (der)

• → Ushojo: دیر (dēr)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äjɾ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ejɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äjɾ]

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

Noun

یک دیر (yek deyr, “a monastery”)

دیر • (dayr / deyr) (plural ادیار (adyâr), or دیرها (dayr-hā / deyr-hâ), Tajik spelling дайр)

1. (literary, archaic) monastery, convent

   Synonym: خانقاه (xānqāh / xânġâh)

Ushojo

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دیر (dēr).

Adjective

دیر (der)

1. late