कीर

Braj

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कीर (kīra).

Noun

कीर (kīr) m

  1. parrot
    • c. 1660 - 1700, ध्रुवदास [dhruvdās], मन-शिक्षा-लीला [man-śikṣā-līlā]:
      मन शिक्षा के सुनत ही, ढर्यौ न नैननि नीर ।
      पाठ भजन ऐसो भयो जैसे पढ़त है कीर
      man śikṣā ke sunat hī, ḍharyau na nainni nīr .
      pāṭh bhajan aiso bhayo jaise paṛhat hai kīr .
      When one hears the "Soul-Instruction", tears cease to flow from the eyes
      if one reads the lesson in the manner of a parrot.

References

  • Rupert Snell (1991) The Hindi Classical Tradition: A Braj Bhāṣā Reader, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Perhaps related to Old Tamil 𑀓𑀺𑀴𑀺 (kiḷi). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

कीर • (kīra) stem, m

  1. parrot
  2. (in the plural) name of the people and of the country of Kashmir

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कीर
Nom. sg. कीरः (kīraḥ)
Gen. sg. कीरस्य (kīrasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कीरः (kīraḥ) कीरौ (kīrau) कीराः (kīrāḥ)
Vocative कीर (kīra) कीरौ (kīrau) कीराः (kīrāḥ)
Accusative कीरम् (kīram) कीरौ (kīrau) कीरान् (kīrān)
Instrumental कीरेन (kīrena) कीराभ्याम् (kīrābhyām) कीरैः (kīraiḥ)
Dative कीराय (kīrāya) कीराभ्याम् (kīrābhyām) कीरेभ्यः (kīrebhyaḥ)
Ablative कीरात् (kīrāt) कीराभ्याम् (kīrābhyām) कीरेभ्यः (kīrebhyaḥ)
Genitive कीरस्य (kīrasya) कीरयोः (kīrayoḥ) कीरानाम् (kīrānām)
Locative कीरे (kīre) कीरयोः (kīrayoḥ) कीरेषु (kīreṣu)

Descendants

  • Malayalam: കീരം (kīraṁ)
  • Sinhalese: කීර (kīra), ගිරවා (girawā)
  • Telugu: కీరము (kīramu)

References

  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899
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