طير

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See also: طيز, ط ي ر, and طیر

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط ي ر (ṭ-y-r), related to flying.

Pronunciation

Noun

طَيْر (ṭayrf (collective, plural طُيُور (ṭuyūr))

  1. birds
    يُوجَدُ الْعَدِيدُ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الطُيُورِ فِي الْغَابَةِ.
    yūjadu l-ʕadīdu min ʔanwāʕi ṭ-ṭuyūri fī l-ḡābati.
    "There are many types of birds in the forest.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:260:
      [] قَالَ فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ ٱلطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ ٱجْعَلْ عَلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءًا ثُمَّ ٱدْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْيًا []
      [] qāla faḵuḏ ʔarbaʕatan mina ṭ-ṭayri faṣurhunna ʔilayka ṯumma jʕal ʕalā kulli jabalin minhunna juzʔan ṯumma dʕuhunna yaʔtīnaka saʕyan []
      He said, "Catch four of the birds and cut them into pieces, and place a part of them on every mountain, then call them."

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: teyr
  • Northern Kurdish:
  • Ottoman Turkish: طیر (tayr)
  • Persian: طیر (teyr)
  • Sindhi: طير
  • Urdu: طَیْر (t̤air)

Noun

طَيْر (ṭayrm

  1. verbal noun of طَارَ (ṭāra) (form I)

Declension

Verb

طَيَّرَ (ṭayyara) II (non-past يُطَيِّرُ (yuṭayyiru), verbal noun تَطْيِير (taṭyīr))

  1. (transitive) to fly, to cause to locomote through the air
  2. (transitive) to dispatch, to send without delay, to rush
    • 1822, ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Jabartīy, عجائب الآثار في التراجم والأخبار:
      وفي يوم الأربعاء كتبوا أوراقا بتطيير طيارة ببركة الأزبكية مثل التي سبق ذكرها وفسدت فاجتمعت الناس لذلك وقت الظهر وطيروها وصعدت إلى الأعلى ومرت إلى أن وصلت تلال البرقية وسقطت ولو ساعدها الريح وغابت عن الأعين لتمت الحيلة وقالوا أنها سافرت إلى البلاد البعيدة بزعمهم
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Verb

Verb

طِيرَ (ṭīra) (form I) /tˤiː.ra/

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of طَارَ (ṭāra)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ط ي ر
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic طَيْر (ṭayr).

Pronunciation

Noun

طير (ṭērm (plural طِيور (ṭiyūr))

  1. bird, fowl
    Hyponym: عَصْفُور (ʕaṣfūr, small bird)

Etymology 2

From Arabic طَيَّرَ (ṭayyara).

Pronunciation

Verb

طَيَّر (ṭayyar) II (non-past يِطَيِّر (yiṭayyir))

  1. to let fly
Conjugation
    Conjugation of طير (ṭayyar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m طيرت (ṭayyart) طيرت (ṭayyart) طير (ṭayyar) طيرنا (ṭayyarna) طيرتوا (ṭayyartu) طيروا (ṭayyaru)
f طيرتي (ṭayyarti) طيرت (ṭayyarat)
non-past m أطير (ʔaṭayyir) تطير (tiṭayyir) يطير (yiṭayyir) نطير (niṭayyir) تطيروا (tiṭayyiru) يطيروا (yiṭayyiru)
f تطيري (tiṭayyiri) تطير (tiṭayyir)
imperative m طير (ṭayyir) طيروا (ṭayyiru)
f طيري (ṭayyiri)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

طِير (ṭīr)

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of طار (ṭār)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَيْر (ṭayr).

Noun

طَيْرُ (tairum

  1. bird

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “طَيْرُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • طير”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ط ي ر
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic طَيْر (ṭayr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤiːr/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

طير (ṭīrm (plural طيور (ṭyūr))

  1. bird, fowl
    Hyponym: عصفور (ʕaṣfūr, small bird)