वीर

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वीर (vīra). Doublet of बीर (bīr).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋiːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

वीर • (vīr) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ویر)

1. heroic, brave

वीर • (vīr) m (Urdu spelling ویر)

1. hero, fighter, one who is brave

• महावीर (mahāvīr)
• शूरवीर (śūrvīr)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “वीर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa , Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वीर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

वीर • (wīr) m (Perso-Arabic ویٖر)

1. a hero

वीर • (wīr) f (Perso-Arabic ویٖر)

1. white willow (Salix alba)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘲𑘨 (vīra), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀻𑀭 (vīra), from Sanskrit वीर (vīra).

• IPA^(key): /ʋiɾ/,

वीर • (vīr)

1. brave

   Synonym: शूर (śūr)

वीर • (vīr) m

1. hero, warrior, champion
2. (literature, drama, dance) heroism — one of the eight rasas

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “वीर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वीर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

वीर

1. Devanagari script form of vīra

वीर m

1. Devanagari script form of vīra

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wiHrás (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀 (vīra), Latin vir (“man”), Lithuanian výras, Old Irish fer, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair), Old Norse verr, Old English wer (whence English wer).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋiː.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiː.ɾɐ/

वीर • (vīrá) stem, m

1. a man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero, chief
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.7.3:

     त्वद्विप्रो॑ जायते वा॒ज्य॑ग्ने॒ त्वद्वी॒रासो॑ अभिमाति॒षाहः॑ ।
     वैश्वा॑नर॒ त्वम॒स्मासु॑ धेहि॒ वसू॑नि राजन्त्स्पृह॒याय्या॑णि ॥

     tvádvípro jāyate vājyàgne tvádvīrā́so abhimātiṣā́haḥ.
     vaíśvānara tvámasmā́su dhehi vásūni rājantspṛhayā́yyāṇi.

     The offerer of (sacrificial) food becomes wise, Agni, from you heroes become the vanquishers of foes; therefore, do you, royal vaiśvānara, bestow upon us enviable riches.

2. husband
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
3. male child, son
4. the male of an animal
5. heroism

• वीरभद्र (vīrabhadra)
• महावीर (mahāvīra)
• शूरवीर (śūravīra)

वीर • (vīrá) stem

1. heroic, powerful, strong, excellent, eminent

• → Hindi: वीर (vīr)
• → Indonesian: wira
• → Javanese: wira
• → Kannada: ವೀರ (vīra)
• → Malay: wira
• → Malayalam: വീരം (vīraṁ)
• → Tamil: வீரம் (vīram), வீரன் (vīraṉ)
• → Telugu: వీర (vīra), వీరము (vīramu) వీరుడు (vīruḍu)

• Dardic:
  • Dameli: (bīra, “male, he-goat”)
  • Gawar-Bati: (heriu, “husband”)
  • Kalami: (bīr, “he-goat”)
  • Kalasha: (bīra, “male, he-goat”), (birãe, “male”)
  • Kashmiri: ویٖر (vīr, “brave man”)
  • Kohistani Shina: (bīro, “male”)
  • Northwest Pashayi: (wīr, “man”)
  • Phalura: (bhīrɔ̄, “male”), (bhīro, “he-goat”)
  • Shina: (bīro, “male”)
  • Tirahi: (bir, “male”)
• Pali: वीर (vīra) (see there for further descendants)
• Prakrit: वीर (vīra) (see there for further descendants)

• Monier Williams (1899) “वीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1005/2-3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen ‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 569-70
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vīrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press