ایر

See also: ایڑ and أير

Burushaski

Etymology

Borrowed from Shina [Term?], ultimately from Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt”).

Noun

ایر (ayar)

1. hail

References

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “ayar”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aśáni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēr.

Noun

ایر (er) (plural ايرلار)

1. man

   Synonyms: آدم (ādam), اير كشى (er kiši)

Derived terms

• اير كشى (“male person”)

 

Ottoman Turkish

ایر

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ēder (“saddle”); cognate with Azerbaijani yəhər, Bashkir эйәр (eyər), Chuvash йӗнер (jĕner), Kazakh ер (er), Kyrgyz ээр (eer), Turkmen eýer, Uyghur ئىگەر (iger) and Uzbek egar.

Alternative forms

• اگر (eğer)

Noun

ایر • (eyer)

1. saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal

   Synonyms: زین (zin), سرج (serc)

Derived terms

• ایر اورمق (eyer urmak, “to put on a saddle”)
• ایر قاشی (eyer kaşı, “bow of a saddle”)
• ایر قالتاغی (eyer kaltağı, “tree of a saddle”)
• ایرجی (eyerci, “saddler”)
• ایرلتمك (eyerletmek, “to make or let be saddled”)
• ایرلمك (eyerlemek, “to saddle”)
• ایرلنمك (eyerlenmek, “to be saddled”)
• ایرلو (eyerli, “saddled”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: eyer
• → Armenian: էյէր (ēyēr), ա̈յա̈ր (äyär), էկէռ (ēkēṙ)

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “eyer”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1526
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ایر”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 92b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 215
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ephippium”, 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 469
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ایر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 589
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eyer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 292

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yïr (“song”); cognate with Bashkir йыр (yır), Chuvash юрӑ (jură), Kazakh жыр (jyr), Kyrgyz ыр (ır), Salar yür, Tatar җыр (cır) and Yakut ырыа (ırıa).

Alternative forms

• ار (ır), ییر (yır)

Noun

ایر • (ır)

1. song, tune, a musical composition with lyrics for voice

   Synonyms: آهنگ (aheng), اغنیه (uğniye), سرود (surud), شرقی (şarkı)

Derived terms

• ایرلاتمق (ırlatmak, “to make or let sing”)
• ایرلامق (ırlamak, “to sing”)
• ایرلایجی (ırlayıcı, “one who abitually sings”)
• ایرلایش (ırlayış, “mode of singing”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: ır

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yır1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5327
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ار”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[6], Vienna: F. Beck, page 19a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[7], Constantinople: Mihran, page 215
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Cantus”, 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^[8], Vienna, column 144
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ایر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[9], Vienna, column 589
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[10], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 292

Persian

Etymology

From 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ēr-, “Iranian”).

Adjective

ایر • (ir)

1. noble
2. Iranian