اسیر

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See also: أسير and أشير

Burushaski

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

اسیر (asiir)

  1. near

References

  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “asiir”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr).

Noun

اسیر • (esir or yesir)

  1. prisoner
  2. slave

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: esir
  • → Armenian: եսիր (esir)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: jȅsīr / је̏сӣр
  • → Crimean Tatar: esir

References

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? asīr
Dari reading? asīr
Iranian reading? asir
Tajik reading? asir

Noun

اسیر • (asir) (plural اسیران (asirân) or اسرا (asrâ))

  1. prisoner, captive
  2. prisoner of war

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اسیر (asīr), from Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr).

Pronunciation

Adjective

اَسِیر • (asīr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling असीर)

  1. captured
  2. (figuratively) suffering
    Synonym: مُبْتَلا (mubtalā)

Noun

اَسِیر • (asīr) m (formal plural اَسِیران (asīrān), Hindi spelling असीर)

  1. prisoner; captive (of persecution etc.)
    Synonym: قَیدی (qaidī)
  2. prisoner of war

Declension

Declension of اسیر
singular plural
direct اسیر (asīr) اسیر (asīr)
oblique اسیر (asīr) اسیروں (asīrō̃)
vocative اسیر (asīr) اسیرو (asīrō)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “اسیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “اسیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اسير”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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