زیرا

Persian

Alternative forms

ازیرا‎ (azirâ) (poetic)

Etymology

Short for ‎ (az, “from”) +‎ ‎ (in, “this”) +‎ ‎ (râh, “way”).

Short for ‎ (az, “from”) +‎ ‎ (in, “this”) +‎ ‎ (rây, “reason”).

Conjunction

زیرا • (zirâ)

(literary) because
‏‎ (colloquial) ― čon ke zirâ ― equivalent to English “because I said so” (literally, “because because”)

Synonym: چون‎ (čon)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: zira
→ Middle Armenian: զէրէ (zērē), զէրայ (zēray), զէրա (zēra)
- Armenian: զերե (zere)
→ Ottoman Turkish: زیرا‎ (zira)
- Turkish: zira

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