زیرک

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ziː.ˈɾak]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.ɾǽk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ziː.ɾǽk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.ɾǽk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.ɹǽkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.ɾǽk]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zīrak
Dari reading^?	zīrak
Iranian reading^?	zirak
Tajik reading^?	zirak

Adjective

زیرَک • (zirak) (comparative زیرَک‌تَر (zirak-tar), superlative زیرَک‌تَرین (zirak-tarin))

clever, nimble, keen, astute
Synonyms: هوشیار (hušyâr), زِرَنگ (zerang), ناقُلا (nâqolâ)
- 1200s, Sadīd ud-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad 'Awfī Bukhārī, Jawāmi ul-Hikāyāt wa Lawāmi' ul-Riwāyāt:
  و اهل آن زیرکترین مردمانند در صنعت و شناختن آلت و هیچ صنف از اصناف بنی آدم با ایشان در آن مبارات نتواند […]
  va ahl-e ân zirak-tarin mardomân-and dar san'at o šenâxtan-e âlat va hič senf az asnâf-e bani âdam bâ išân dar ân mobârât na-tavânand […]
  And its people [the Chinese] are the cleverest of men in industry and knowledge of instruments, and no group among the groups of the sons of Adam can compare with them in that […]

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: zirək

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