تیر
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭲𐭩𐭠 (ḥtyʾ), [Book Pahlavi needed] (HTYA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (tgl), 𐫤𐫏𐫃𐫡 (tygr /tigr, tīr/, “arrow”), from Old Persian [Term?], compare 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼 (t-i-g-r /tigraʰ/, “sharp”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬌 (tiγri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “sharp”).
Pronunciation
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [tʰiːɾ]
Derived terms
- تیرانداز (tir-andâz)
- تیراندازی (tir-andâzi)
Descendants
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “tigr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian [script needed] (tyl /Tīr/, “a god; Mercury; 4th month; 13th day”). Compare Old Armenian Տիր (Tir), տրէ (trē), Iranian borrowings.
Pronunciation
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): [tʰiːɾ]
Proper noun
Dari | تیر |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Тир (Tir) |
تیر • (tir)
- Tir, the fourth month of the solar Persian calendar.
- Name of the thirteenth day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.
- (astronomy) Mercury (planet)
Synonyms
- (Mercury): عطارد ('otâred)
See also
References
- Eilers, Wilhelm (1976) Sinn und Herkunft der Planetennamen (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften: Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 1975.5) (in German), Munich: Verl. der Bayerischen Akad. der Wiss., pages 43–50
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “Tīr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83
Urdu
Noun
تیر • (tīr) f (Hindi spelling तीर)
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