વીર

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Gujarati

Etymology

PIE word
*wiHrós

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀻𑀭 (vīra), from Sanskrit वीर (vīrá). from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wiHrás (man).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

વીર (vīr)

  1. heroic, brave
    Synonyms: પરાક્રમી (parākramī), બહાદુર (bahādur), ભડ (bhaḍ), શૂર (śūr), શૂરું (śūrũ)

Noun

વીર (vīrm

  1. hero
    Synonym: શૂર (śūr)
  2. brother (term of address by a sister)
    Synonym: વીરો (vīro)
  3. (Jainism) Short for મહાવીર (mahāvīr, Mahavir).
  4. (dance, drama) the rasa of heroism

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vīrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 697

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