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تیره

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See also: تیرہ, بيرة, and تیزه

Ottoman Turkish

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Tire district

Etymology

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From Greek Θείρα (Theíra).

Proper noun

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تیره (tire)

  1. Tire (a town and district in İzmir province, Turkey)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: Tire
  • Armenian: Թիրէ (Tʻirē)

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (tylk' /⁠tērag⁠/, dark).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tēra
Dari reading? tēra
Iranian reading? tire
Tajik reading? tera

Adjective

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تیرِه (tire)

  1. dark; dim
    Synonym: تاریک (târik)
    شبی تیرهšabi tirea dark night
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 75:
      چو روز حشر سر از خاک تیره بردارم
      بخاک پای تو خواهم نهاد روی چو زر
      čū rōz-i hašr sar az xāk-i tēra bardāram
      ba-xāk-i pā-yi tu xwāham nihād rō-yi čū zar
      When I raise my head from the dark earth on Resurrection Day,
      I will place my golden face on the earth below your feet.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. turbulent (of water)
    آبِ تیرهâb-e tireturbulent water
  3. (figurative) gloomy; despondent

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tīra
Dari reading? tīra
Iranian reading? tire
Tajik reading? tira

Noun

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تیرِه (tire)

  1. sect, division
    1. section of a nomadic tribe; sometimes synonymous with طایفه (tâyefe, tribal subdivision), sometimes a subsection within a طایفه.
    2. religious sect
  2. (taxonomy) family; generally used for plants and birds.
Usage notes
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