سیر

See also: شیر, سير, and ـسز

Central Kurdish

Noun

سیر (sîr)

1. garlic (plant)

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Persian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Kurdish.

Noun

Dari	سیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сер

سیر • (sir)

2. full, satiated, sated

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European, from Old Persian 𐎰𐎠𐎡𐎥𐎼 (Θāigra) attested in Old Persian 𐎰𐎠𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎨𐎡𐏁 (Θāigraciš, “the month of garlic-collecting, from May to June”). Also see the terms mentioned at Proto-Turkic *sarïmsak (“garlic”).

Alternative forms

• سیرمو (sīrmū) (obsolete, dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siːɾ]

Noun

Dari	سیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сир

سیر • (sir)

2. garlic

Descendants

• → Turkish: sir, sirmo (dialectal)