اسیر

اسیر

See also: أسير‎ and أشير‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَسِير‎ (ʾasīr).

Noun

اسیر • (esir or yesir)

1. prisoner
2. slave

Derived terms

• اسیرانه‎
• اسیرجی‎ (esirci)

Descendants

• Turkish: esir
• → Armenian: եսիր (esir)
• → Serbo-Croatian: jȅsīr / је̏сӣр
• → Crimean Tatar: esir

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اسیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 94

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَسِير‎ (ʾasīr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /asiːɾ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /asiːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /æsiːɾ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /asiɾ/

Noun

اسیر • (asir) (plural اسیران‎ (asirân) or اسرا‎ (asrâ))

1. prisoner, captive
2. prisoner of war

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Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic أَسِير‎ (ʾasīr).

Adjective

اسیر • (asīr) (Hindi spelling असीर)

1. captured

Noun

اسیر • (asīr) m (Hindi spelling असीर)

1. captive, prisoner