پیر

Baluchi

Adjective

پیر (pír)

  1. old

Persian

Dari Persian پیر
Iranian Persian پیر
Tajiki Persian пир (pir)

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian pyl (pīr, old, aged, ancient).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piːɾ/, [pʰiːɾ]

Adjective

پیر (pir) (comparative پیرتر, superlative پیرترین)

  1. old
Usage notes

When used with the words مرد (mard, man) and زن (zan, woman), پیر (pir) usually precedes them.

  • پیر مرد (pir mard, old man)
  • پیر زن (pir zan, old woman)

These are sometimes treated as compound words, i.e. پیرزن (pir-e-zan, pir-zan) and پیرمرد (pir-e-mard, pir-mard).

Inflection
Derived terms
  • پیری (piri)
  • پیرزن (pir-e-zan, pir-zan)
  • پیرمرد (pir-e-mard, pir-mard)
  • گنده‌پیر (gande-pir)

Noun

پیر (pir)

  1. (Sufism) Pir, Sheikh

Etymology 2

From پدر (pidar)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈjæɾ/

Noun

پیر (piyar)

  1. (dialectal, Harat) father

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit *पदर (padara), from पद (pada, foot).

Noun

پَیر (pair) m (Hindi spelling पैर)

  1. foot
  2. footprint

Etymology 2

From Persian پیر (old).

Noun

پِیر (pīr) m

  1. old man
  2. (Sufism) saint, mystic

Etymology 3

Uncertain.

Noun

پِیر (pīr) m

  1. Monday

See also

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