زیرا

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From classical compound از (az, “of”) +‎ ایرا (ērā, “because”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zērā
Dari reading? zērā
Iranian reading? zirâ
Tajik reading? zero

Conjunction

زیرا • (zirâ)

  1. (literary) because
    Synonym: چون (čon)
    چون که زیرا (colloquial) ― čon ke zirâ ― equivalent to English “because I said so” (literally, “because because”)

Descendants

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

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ēd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 30
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