اسیر

See also: أسير and أشير

Burushaski

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [asiːr]

Adjective

اسیر (asiir)

1. near

References

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “asiir”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• یسیر (yesir)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr, “prisoner of war, captive”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔasīr- (“captive”).

Noun

اسیر • (esir) (feminine اسیره (esire), definite accusative اسیری (esiri), plural اسارا (üserâ))

1. captive, prisoner of war, one who has been captured by an enemy power during or right after a conflict

   Synonyms: طالاق (dalak), طوتساق (tutsak), كرفتار (giriftâr)

2. prisoner, inmate, detainee, jailbird, a person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence

   Synonyms: طوتساق (tutsak), محبوس (mahbus)

3. slave, a person held in servitude as the property of another person, especially in regards to their labour

   Synonyms: طوتساق (tutsak), كوله (köle)

Derived terms

• اسیر ایتمك (esir etmek, “to make prisoner”)
• اسیر بازاری (esir bazarı, “slave market”)
• اسیرانه (esirâne, “servile, submissive”)
• اسیرجی (esirci, “slave dealer”)
• اسیرلك (esirlik, “captivity”)
• اسیری (esirî, “captivity”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: esir
• → Armenian: եսիր (esir)
• → Crimean Tatar: esir
• → Serbo-Croatian: jȅsīr / је̏сӣр

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “اسیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 59
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “esir1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1484
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “اسیر”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 38b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 94
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Captivus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 150
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اسیر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 227
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “esir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اسیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 116

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.siːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.siːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.siːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.siːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.siɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.siːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.siɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	asīr
Dari reading?	asīr
Iranian reading?	asir
Tajik reading?	asir

Noun

اسیر • (asir) (plural اسیران (asirân) or اسرا (asrâ))

1. prisoner, captive
2. prisoner of war

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسِیر (asīr), from Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.siːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ
• Hyphenation: اَ‧سِیر
• Homophones: اَثِیر (asīr), عَثِیر ('asīr), عَسِیر ('asīr), عَصِیر ('asīr)

Adjective

اَسِیر • (asīr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling असीर)

1. captured
2. (figuratively) suffering; stricken

   Synonym: مُبْتَلا (mubtalā)

Noun

اَسِیر • (asīr) m (formal plural اَسِیران (asīrān), Hindi spelling असीर)

1. prisoner; captive (of persecution etc.)

   Synonym: قَیدی (qaidī)

2. prisoner of war

Declension

Declension of اسیر
	singular	plural
direct	اَسِیر (asīr)	اَسِیر (asīr)
oblique	اَسِیر (asīr)	اَسِیروں (asīrõ)
vocative	اَسِیر (asīr)	اَسِیرو (asīro)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• اَسِیری (asīrī)
• اَسِیرِ سُلْطانی (asīr-i sultānī)
• اَسِیرِ عَدَم (asīr-i 'adam)
• اَسِیرِ مَعاش (asīr-i ma'āś)

Further reading

• “اسیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اسیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اسير”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.