مسیر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسِير (masīr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.ˈsiːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.síːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.síːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.síːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.síɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.síːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.síɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	masīr
Dari reading?	masīr
Iranian reading?	masir
Tajik reading?	masir

Noun

مسیر • (masir)

1. route, course; itinerary

   مسیر سپاه ― masir-e sepâh ― course of the army

   سریع‌ترین مسیر سفر با مترو و اتوبوس

   sari'-tarin masir-e safar bâ metrow o owtowbus

   the fastest travel route by subway and bus

2. (obsolete, astronomy) linear celestial motion

   Coordinate term: مدار (madâr, “orbit”)

   • c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 45”, in دیوان امیر معزی‎^[1]:

     اجرام فلک را به هوای تو مسیر است
     زیرا که فلک را به مدار تو مدارست

     ajrām-i falak rā ba hawā-yi tu masīr ast
     zērā ki falak rā ba madār-i tu madār-ast

     The celestial bodies have motion because of your passions,
     For the heavens themselves are in orbit because of your high station.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مسیر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مسیر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim