sira

See also: šira, șiră, and síra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِيرَة (sīra).

Noun

sira (plural siras)

1. (Islam) A traditional Muslim biography of Muhammad.

Anagrams

• RIAs, RISA, Risa, airs, aris, rais, rias, sari

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ˈraʔ/

Noun

sira

1. fish.

   Masiram an sira digdi.

   The fish here are delicious.

2. viand; any dish of meat, fish or vegetables, eaten with cooked rice.

   Ano an sira ta ngunyan?

   What dish/dishes do we have today?

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malagasy sira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sira/
• Hyphenation: si‧ra

Noun

sira

1. salt (sodium chloride)

   Synonym: garam

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Cebuano

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish cierra, cerrar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin serāre, present active infinitive of serō.

Verb

sira

1. to close; to shut

Noun

sira

1. a door

Etymology 2

Compare Tagalog sira.

Noun

sira

1. a venereal disease

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Cornish

Alternative forms

• syra

Noun

sira m (plural sirys)

1. sire, father

Synonyms

• tas

See also

• dama

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Karao

Noun

sira

1. dish eaten with rice

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• सिर (Devanagari script)
• সির (Bengali script)
• සිර (Sinhalese script)
• သိရ (Burmese script)
• สิร or สิระ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩥᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ສິຣ or ສິຣະ (Lao script)
• សិរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄨𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

sira

1. vocative singular of siras

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Pangasinan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈra/

Noun

sira

1. fish

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Phuthi

Noun

síra class 7 (plural tíra class 8)

1. enemy

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sira (Cyrillic spelling сира)

1. genitive singular of sir

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”). Compare Italian sera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾa/
• Hyphenation: sì‧ra

Noun

sira f (plural siri)

1. evening

Derived terms

• bona sira

See also

• matina
• notti
• pumiriggiu

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• noun: IPA^(key): /ˈsiraʔ/
• adjective: IPA^(key): /si.ˈraʔ/

Noun

sira

1. defect

Adjective

sira

1. broken

Derived terms

• masira
• sira ang bait
• sira ang loob
• sira ang tuktok
• sira-ulo
• sirain