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English
Etymology
From Persian پیر.
Pronunciation
Noun
pir (plural pirs)
- A Muslim, especially Sufi, holy man or religious leader.
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Persian پیر.
Noun
pir (definite accusative piri, plural pirlər)
- old man, whitebeard
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:qoca
- founder or chief of a religious body or sect; a Shia saint
- shrine or tomb of such a chief or saint
- (figurative) authority, expert
Declension
Further reading
Cimbrian
Noun
pir f
- pear
References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).
Noun
pir m (plural pkyara)
- cistern
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 151
Eskayan
Noun
pir
- fish
Middle English
Noun
pir
- Alternative form of pere (“peer”)
Northern Kurdish
Etymology 1
Compare Middle Persian (/purr/).
Adverb
pir
- very
Etymology 2
From Proto-Iranian *pr̥tuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tuš, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.
Pronunciation
Noun
Central Kurdish
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پرد (pird)
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Southern Kurdish
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پیەڵ (pyell)
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Zazaki
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pird
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Gurani
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پرد (pird)
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pir f
- bridge
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pirъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
pir m ?
- convivial gathering, feast, revel
- Synonyms: biesiada, frywołt, gody, kołacyja, tłoka, uczta
(Jałbrzyk, właściciel gospody, oskarżony o rozpędzenie ludzi Hirzmanowych) s jego piru.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
Romani
Noun
pir
- Alternative form of per (“belly, abdomen”)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 519a
- Vaillant, Jean-Alexandre (1868) “pir”, in Grammaire, dialogues et vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens ou Cigains (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve, page 122a
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Bulgarian пир (pir), from Proto-Slavic *pirъ.
Noun
pir m (uncountable)
- quackgrass (Elymus repens)
Declension
declension of pir (singular only)
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singular
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m gender
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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nominative/accusative
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(un) pir
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pirul
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genitive/dative
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(unui) pir
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pirului
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vocative
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pirule
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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English pier. Attested since 1885.
Noun
pir c
- pier, jetty
Declension
References
Turkish
Noun
pir (definite accusative piri, plural pirler)
- expert, master, senior