تیر

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Chagatai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *dẹr (sweat).

Noun

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تیر (ter)

  1. sweat

Descendants

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  • Uyghur: تەر (ter)
  • Uzbek: ter

Persian

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Etymology 1

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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

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Readings
Classical reading? tīr
Dari reading? tīr
Iranian reading? tir
Tajik reading? tir

Noun

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Dari تیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik тир

تیر (tir) (plural تیرها (tir-hâ))

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tīr
Dari reading? tīr
Iranian reading? tir
Tajik reading? tir

Proper noun

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Dari تیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik Тир

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)
    Synonym: عطارد ('otâred)

See also

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References

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  • Eilers, Wilhelm (1976) Sinn und Herkunft der Planetennamen (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften: Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 1975.5)‎[1] (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

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit तीर (tīra).

Noun

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تیر (tīrm (Hindi spelling तीर)

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

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian تیر (tīr).

Noun

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تیر (tīrf (Hindi spelling तीर)

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

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Classical Persian تیر (tīr).

Noun

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تیر (tīrm (Hindi spelling तीर)

  1. arrow
  2. beam
  3. pole

Etymology 4

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

Adjective

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تیر (ter) (Hindi spelling तेर)

  1. passed
  2. spent (time)