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tir

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Translingual

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Symbol

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tir

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tigrinya.

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Breton

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Noun

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tir m (plural tirioù)

  1. land

Inflection

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Mutation of tir
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular tir dir zir unchanged
plural tirioù dirioù zirioù unchanged

Catalan

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Etymology

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Deverbal from tirar (to shoot).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tir m (plural tirs)

  1. shot
  2. shooting (sport)

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Cornish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Noun

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tir m (plural tiryow)

  1. land, earth

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Deverbal from tirer (to shoot).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tiʁ/
  • Audio; un tir:(file)

Noun

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tir m (plural tirs)

  1. shot, shooting (of a weapon) [from 1660]
    tir précisprecise shot
    tir au canoncannon firing
    tir à l’arcarchery
  2. shooting (sport)
  3. shooting range [from 1826]
    • 1854, Gérard de Nerval, “Angélique”, in Les Filles du feu [The Daughters of Fire]:
      Un tir a été établi pour les archers dans un des fossés qui se rapprochent de la ville.
      A range was set up for the archers in one of the ditches that approach the city.
  4. blasting (in mines)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: цір (cir)
  • Russian: тир (tir)
  • Ukrainian: тир (tyr)

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Malay tir; ultimately from Tamil தேர் (tēr).

Noun

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tir (plural tir-tir, first-person possessive tirku, second-person possessive tirmu, third-person possessive tirnya)

  1. (chess) rook; castle
    Synonym: benteng
  2. (chess) bishop
Alternative forms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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tir (plural tir-tir, first-person possessive tirku, second-person possessive tirmu, third-person possessive tirnya)

  1. alternative spelling of tar (tar)

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Tamil தேர் (tēr).

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Noun

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tir (Jawi spelling تير, plural tir-tir, informal 1st possessive tirku, 2nd possessive tirmu, 3rd possessive tirnya)

  1. (sports) The rook or castle piece in chess.
    Synonym: benteng

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: tir

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Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur
بواه چاتور (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
raja, syah
راج, شاه
bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu
بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو
benteng, tir
بينتيڠ, تير
gajah
ݢاجه
kuda
کودا
bidak, piadah, pion
بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون

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Old Cornish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *tīros.

Noun

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tir

  1. land

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *tīraz, from Proto-Indo-European *dey-.

Cognate with Old Norse tírr (glory, honour) and Old Saxon tīr (glory, renown). Compare Proto-Germanic *tiari- (neat, splendid), whence Old High German ziari (neat, beautiful, splendid), Old High German zierī (German Zier (splendour, beauty)), German zieren (to decorate).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tīr m

  1. fame; glory; honour

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: tir

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “tairi-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 506

Old Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry), i.e. “dry land” as opposed to lake or sea. Cognates include Latin terra, German dürr, English thirst.

Noun

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tir m

  1. land

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Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From blue-and-white plates with the French initialism TIR (Transports Internationaux Routiers), which are put on vehicles matching the requirements of the TIR Convention.

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Noun

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tir m animal (related adjective tirowy)

  1. articulated lorry

Declension

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Derived terms

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nouns

Further reading

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  • tir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rohingya

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Bengali তীর (tir), from Persian تیر (tir).

Noun

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tir (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴞𐴌)

  1. arrow

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tir.

Noun

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tir n (uncountable)

  1. shooting (of a weapon)

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tir tirul
genitive-dative tir tirului
vocative tirule

Sumerian

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Romanization

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tir

  1. Romanization of 𒌁 (tir)

Tatar

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Noun

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tir

  1. sweat

Waigali

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tir (Nisheigram)

  1. true

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh tir, from Old Welsh tir, from Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tir m (plural tiroedd)

  1. land

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of tir
radical soft nasal aspirate
tir dir nhir thir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tir”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies