میر

See also: میز

Burushaski

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mujar]

Noun

میر (muyar) m

1. (her) husband

   Synonyms: ہپکݵن (hapkuin), ژمات (jamaat)

   Coordinate term: یوس (yuus)

References

• Sadaf Munshi (2015), “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎^[1].
• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2026), “muyar”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Najdi Arabic

Etymology

Unlikely to be From Arabic مَا (mā) +‎ Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr), considering مغير which is for sure from it has a different meaning to it. The proper origin would be either of the following:

1. From Arabic أُمَيْر (ʔumayr) which is the diminutive form of Arabic أمر (“a matter”) which might've been used as "امر كذا وامير كذا ― a matter that is like this and a smaller matter that is like that" then the first امر got dropped from the over use, and then it became used at the start of a sentence as if they're considering a dropped sentence that is about "the matter at the moment" so when it is used it is like saying a matter that is not the previous matter but still related to it whether the said previous matter is mentioned in the exact same sentence or not. This etymology makes all the nuance of the word clear, from the exception meaning which would be indicated in the diminutive meaning to the fact it is used as an attention grabber and the meaning of however. More on that the other variants امر (ʔamar/ʔamɯ̽r), همر (hamar/hamɯ̽r), امير (ʔʊmɪːr), مار (maːr), مر (mar) and ومر (wamar/wamɯ̽r), (The last one is probably و+امر "and a matter") suggest that the origin is indeed Arabic أمر. Also there's a similar use of شي (ʃai) suggesting that it might be as I said earlier.
2. From Arabic ميد which is an old dialect of Arabic بيد that is still used in southern parts more. But this is less likely.

It might be that both of these origins are true but they became one word with time. This is because there's always a problem with describing what it actually means.

Conjunction

میر • (mēr)

1. by the way
2. only; just
3. however

Persian

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [miːɾ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [miːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [miɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mīr
Dari reading?	mīr
Iranian reading?	mir
Tajik reading?	mir

Etymology 1

Noun

مِیر • (mīr / mir) (Tajik spelling мир)

1. alternative form of اَمِیر (amīr, “commander; prince”)

Inflection

Basic forms of میر

	singular	plural
bare	میر (mīr)	میر‌ها، میرا△ (mīr-hấ, mīrấ△)
definitive direct object	میر را، میر رو△ (mīr râ, mīro△)	میر‌ها را، میرا رو△ (mīr-hấ râ, mīrấ ro△)
ezâfe	میر (mīr-e)	میر‌های، میرای△ (mīr-hấ-ye, mīrấ-ye△)
marked indefinite or relative definite	میری (mīr-i)	میر‌هایی، میرایی△ (mīrấn-i, mīr-hấ-i, mīrấi△)

^△ Colloquial.

Possessive forms of میر

	singular	plural
1st person singular (“my”)	میرم (mīram)	میر‌هایم، میر‌هام، میرام△ (mīr-hấyam, mīrấm△)
2nd person singular (“your”)	میرت (mīrat, mīret△)	میر‌هایت، میر‌هات، میرات△ (mīr-hấyat, mīrất△)
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”)	میرش (mīraš, mīreš△)	میر‌هایش، میر‌هاش، میراش△ (mīr-hấyaš, mīrấš△)
1st person plural (“our”)	میرمان، میرمون△ (mīremân, mīremun△)	میر‌هایمان، میر‌هامون، میرامون△ (mīr-hấyemân, mīrấmun△)
2nd person plural (“your”)	میرتان، میرتون△ (mīretân, mīretun△)	میر‌هایتان، میر‌هاتون، میراتون△ (mīr-hấyetân, mīrấtun△)
3rd person plural (“their”)	میرشان، میرشون△ (mīrešân, mīrešun△)	میر‌هایشان، میر‌هاشون، میراشون△ (mīr-hấyešân, mīrấšun△)

^△ Colloquial.

Predicative forms of میر (mīr)

	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	میرم (mīram)	میریم (mīrim)
2nd person (“you are”)	میری (mīri)	میرید، میرین△ (mīrid, mīrin△)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	میر است، میره△ (mīr ast, mīre△)	میرند، میرن△ (mīrand, mīran△)

^△ Colloquial.

Proper noun

مِیر • (mīr / mir) (Tajik spelling Мир)

1. a surname

Descendants

• → English: Mir

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

مِیر • (mīr / mir) (Tajik spelling мир)

1. present stem of مُردَن (murdan, “to die”)