تیر

تیر

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dẹr (“sweat”).

Noun

تیر (ter)

1. sweat

Descendants

• Uyghur: تەر‎‎ (ter‎)
• Uzbek: ter

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭲𐭩𐭠‎ (ḥtyʾ), [Book Pahlavi needed] (HTYA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (tgl), 𐫤𐫏𐫃𐫡‎ (tygr /tigr, tīr/, “arrow”), from Old Persian [Term?], compare 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼 (t-i-g-r /tigraʰ/, “sharp”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬌‎ (tiγri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀‎ (tiγra, “sharp”).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [tʰiːɾ]

Noun

Dari	تیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тир (tir)

تیر • (tir) (plural تیرها‎ (tir-hâ))

1. arrow
2. bullet
3. dart
4. (mechanics, engineering) beam
5. pole

Derived terms

• تیرانداز‎ (tir-andâz)
• تیراندازی‎ (tir-andâzi)

Descendants

• Bengali: তীর (tīr)
  • Rohingya: tir
• Dhivehi: ތީރު‎ (tīru)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: तीर (tīr)

  Urdu: تیر‎ (tīr)

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تیر‎ (tîr)

  Northern Kurdish: tîr

• ‌ → Ottoman Turkish: تیر‎ (tir)
• Rajasthani: तीर (tīr)
• Tajik: тир (tir)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “tigr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tyl /Tīr/, “a god; Mercury; 4th month; 13th day”). Compare Old Armenian Տիր (Tir), տրէ (trē), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [tʰiːɾ]

Proper noun

Dari	تیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Тир (Tir)

تیر • (tir)

1. Tir, the fourth month of the solar Persian calendar.
2. Name of the thirteenth day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.
3. (astronomy) Mercury (planet)

Synonyms

• (Mercury): عطارد‎ (otâred)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) سیاره‌های منظومه شمسی‎ (sayyâre-hâ-ye manzume-ye šamsi); تیر (tir), ناهید‎ (nâhid), زمین‎ (zamin), مریخ‎ (merrix), مشتری‎ (moštari), زحل‎ (zohal), اورانوس‎ (urânus), نپتون‎ (neptun)

References

• Eilers, Wilhelm (1976) Sinn und Herkunft der Planetennamen (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften: Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 1975.5)‎ (in German), Munich: Verl. der Bayerischen Akad. der Wiss., pages 43–50
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “Tīr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83

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Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit तीर (tīra).

Noun

تیر • (tīr) m (Hindi spelling तीर)

1. shore
2. bank
3. margin
4. brink
5. edge

Etymology 2

From Persian تیر‎ (tir).

Noun

تیر • (tīr) f (Hindi spelling तीर)

1. Tir, fourth solar month of the Persian calendar
2. (astronomy) Mercury (planet)

Etymology 3

From Persian تیر‎ (tir).

Noun

تیر • (tīr) m (Hindi spelling तीर)

1. arrow
2. beam
3. pole

Etymology 4

From Sanskrit तीरित (tīrita), from root तरति (tarati).

Adjective

تیر • (ter) (Hindi spelling तेर)

1. passed
2. spent (time)