تیر

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dẹr (sweat).

Noun

تیر (ter)

  1. sweat

Descendants

  • Uyghur: تەر (ter)
  • Uzbek: ter

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

Noun

Dari تیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik тир (tir)

تیر (tir) (plural تیرها (tir-hâ))

  1. arrow
  2. bullet
  3. dart
  4. (mechanics, engineering) beam
  5. pole
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

Proper noun

Dari تیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik Тир (Tir)

تیر (tir)

  1. Tir, the fourth month of the solar Persian calendar.
  2. Name of the thirteenth day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.
  3. (astronomy) Mercury (planet)
Synonyms

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

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit तीर (tīra).

Noun

تیر (tīr) m (Hindi spelling तीर)

  1. shore
  2. bank
  3. margin
  4. brink
  5. edge

Etymology 2

From Persian تیر (tir).

Noun

تیر (tīr) f (Hindi spelling तीर)

  1. Tir, fourth solar month of the Persian calendar
  2. (astronomy) Mercury (planet)

Etymology 3

From Persian تیر (tir).

Noun

تیر (tīr) m (Hindi spelling तीर)

  1. arrow
  2. beam
  3. pole

Etymology 4

From Sanskrit तीरित (tīrita), from root तरति (tarati).

Adjective

تیر (ter) (Hindi spelling तेर)

  1. passed
  2. spent (time)
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