زیر

See also: زير‎ and ریز‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (azēr, “under”), Compare Northern Luri ‎ (zêr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /zeːɾ/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /zeːɾ/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ziːɾ/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /zeɾ/

Adjective

زیر • (zir)

high-pitched

Descendants

→ Arabic: زِير‎ (zīr)
→ Azerbaijani: zil
→? Ottoman Turkish: زل‎ (zil), زیل‎ (zil)
- Turkish: zil
- → Albanian: zile
- → Cypriot Greek: ζίλιν (zílin)
- → English: zill
- → Georgian: ზილი (zili)
- → Middle Armenian: զիլ (zil)
  - Armenian: զիլ (zil)
- → Serbo-Croatian: zȉl / зи̏л
→ Pashto: زير‎ (zir)

Noun

زیر • (zir) (plural زیرها‎ (zir-hâ))

kasra
Synonym: کسره‎ (kasre)

Preposition

زیر • (zir)

underneath, beneath

Prefix

زیر • (zir-)

sub-

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “զիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 95a
Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 680, pages 258—259
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 71
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 265

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