abir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi अबीर (abīr).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA(key): /əˈbɪɹ/

Noun

abir (uncountable)

  1. (India) An aromatic red powder that is used during the Holi festival.[1]
    Synonym: gulal

Alternative forms

References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 4

Anagrams

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish haber.

Noun

abír

  1. assets, property

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese [Term?] and Javanese ꦲꦧꦶꦂ (abir).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈabɪr/
  • Hyphenation: abir
  • Rhymes: -abɪr, -bɪr, -ɪr, -r

Noun

abir (plural abir-abir, first-person possessive abirku, second-person possessive abirmu, third-person possessive abirnya)

  1. knife:
    1. short knife (Sundanese)
    2. long knife (Javanese)

Further reading

K'iche'

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aːˈɓiːɻ/

Adverb

abir

  1. last year
  • junabir (kan)(oq) (“last year”)
  • kabir (“two years ago”)

References

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse afberja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːbər/

Verb

abir

  1. (Orkney) To thresh corn partially.

Noun

abir

  1. (Orkney) A sheaf of grain half-threshed.

Derived terms

References
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