بیر

Azerbaijani

Numeral

بیر

  1. Arabic spelling of bir (“one”)

Baluchi

Noun

بیر • (bír)

  1. lightning

See also

Chagatai
Chagatai cardinal numbers
۱ ۲  > 
    Cardinal : بیر (bir)
    Distributive : بیرر (birer)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

Numeral

بیر (bir)

  1. one (1)

Descendants
  • Uyghur: بىر (bir)
  • Uzbek: bir

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? bīr
Dari reading? bīr
Iranian reading? bir
Tajik reading? bir

Noun

بیر • (bir)

  1. hero
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Term?].

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? bīr
Dari reading? bīr
Iranian reading? bir
Tajik reading? bir

Noun

بیر • (bir)

  1. thunderbolt

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English beer.

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? bīr

Noun

بیر • (bîr)

  1. (chiefly Dari) beer, alcohol

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

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
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