اگیر

See also: اكیر, اكبر, اکبر, أكبر, اكثر, أكثر, and اکثر

Persian

اگیر

Alternative forms

• اگر (ager, eger)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκορος (ákoros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ɡiːɾ], [ʔi.ɡiːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɡiːɾ], [ʔɪ.ɡiːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɡiːɾ], [ʔɪ.ɡiːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɡiːɾ], [ʔɪ.ɡiːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɡiɾ], [ʔi.ɡiɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.ɡʲiːɹ], [ʔe.ɡʲiːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.ɡiɾ], [ʔi.ɡiɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	agīr, igīr
Dari reading?	agīr, igīr
Iranian reading?	agir, egir
Tajik reading?	agir, igir

Noun

اگیر • (agir, egir)

1. sweet flag, Acorus calamus

   Synonym: وج (vaj)

Descendants

• → Kazakh: айыр (aiyr), иір (iır)
• → Middle Armenian: ակիր (akir)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اگیر (eğir), اگر (eğir)
  • Turkish: eğir
  • → Belarusian: а́ер (ájer)
  • → Russian: аи́р (aír)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: (√ اگیر اوتی (eğir otu))

    Cyrillic script: иђѝрот, ѝђирот

    Latin script: iđìrot, ìđirot

  • → Ukrainian: а́їр (ájir), а́єр (ájer)
    • → Polish: ajer
• → Uzbek: игир (igir)