دیر

From Proto-Dravidian *nīr. Cognate with Badaga நீரு (nīru), Kannada ನೀರು (nīru), Malayalam നീര് (nīrŭ), Tamil நீர் (nīr), Toda நீர் (nīr), Tulu ನೀರ್ (nīr), Telugu నీరు (nīru).

دیر (dīr)

1. water

• Denys Bray, The Brāhūī problem (1934)

From Middle Persian 𐫅𐫃𐫡‎ (dgr /daǧr/), 𐫅𐫏𐫡‎ (dyr /dēr/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎥 (d-r-g /darga/, “long”), from Proto-Iranian *dr̥Hgáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós.

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /deːɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /deːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /diːɾ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /deɾ/

دیر • (dir) (comparative دیرتَر‎ (dir-tar), superlative دیرتَرین‎ (dir-tarin))

1. late; tardy

   Antonym: زود‎ (zud)

2. long (of time)

دیر • (dir)

1. late

   Antonym: زود‎ (zud)

2. long (of time)

• → Assamese: দেৰি (derī)
• → Bengali: দেরী (derī)
• → Hindi: देर (dēr)
• → Urdu: دیر‎ (dēr)

From Arabic دَيْر‎ (dayr); see there for further information.

یک دیر (yek deyr, “a monastery”)

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /dajɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /dajɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /dejɾ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /dajɾ/

دیر • (deyr) (plural ادیار‎ (adyâr) or دیرها‎ (deyr-hâ))

1. (literary, archaic) monastery, convent

   Synonym: خانقاه‎ (xânqâh)

From Persian دیر‎ (der).

دیر (der)

1. late