بیر

بیر

See also: بير‎, پیر‎, تثر‎, بتر‎, پتر‎, ثبر‎, تتر‎, تبر‎, بثر‎, بئر‎, ببر‎, بري‎, ثري‎‎, يرب‎, يرث‎‎, يبر‎, يتر‎, and يثر‎

Azerbaijani

Numeral

بیر

1. Arabic spelling of bir (“one”)

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Baluchi

Noun

بیر • (bír)

1. lightning

See also

• گروک‎ (girok, grok)

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Chagatai

Chagatai cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : بیر (bir)     Distributive : بیرر‎ (birer)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

Numeral

بیر (bir)

1. one (1)

Descendants

• Uyghur: بىر‎ (bir)
• Uzbek: bir

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Khalaj

Numeral

بیر (bîr)

1. Arabic spelling of bîr (“one”)

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /biːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /biːɾ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /biɾ/

Noun

بیر • (bir)

1. hero

Descendants

• → Urdu: بیر‎ (bīr)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Term?].

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /biːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /biːɾ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /biɾ/

Noun

بیر • (bir)

1. thunderbolt

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English beer.

Pronunciation

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /biːɾ/

Noun

بیر • (bîr)

1. (chiefly Dari) beer, alcohol

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Urdu

A Mughal painting depicting the بیر (bīr, "hero") Rustam slaying a demon in the Shahnameh

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیر‎ (bīr), from Middle Persian wyl (wīr), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀‎ (vīra), Sanskrit वीर (vīra, “man (especially a brave one), chief, husband”), Northern Kurdish wêrek (“courageous”), Kashmiri ویٖر‎ (vīr, “hero”), Ossetian ир (ir), Latin vir (“man”) Lithuanian výras, and English wer.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /biːɾ/

Noun

بیر • (bīr) m (Hindi spelling बीर)

1. hero, warrior, Ghazi
2. champion, conqueror
3. wrestler, pehelwan
4. plum, jujube

Declension of بیر
	singular	plural
direct	بیر‎ (bīr)	بیر‎ (bīr)
oblique	بیر‎ (bīr)	بیروں‎ (bīrō̃)
vocative	بیر‎ (bīr)	بیرو‎ (bīrō)

Adjective

بیر • (bīr) (Hindi spelling बीर)

1. brave, courageous
2. powerful, strong, mighty