دیر

See also: دیز, دير, and د ي ر

Brahui

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīr. Cognate with Badaga நீரு (nīru), Kannada ನೀರು (nīru), Malayalam നീര് (nīrŭ), Tamil நீர் (nīr), Toda நீர் (nīr), Tulu ನೀರ್ (nīrŭ), Telugu నీరు (nīru).

Noun

دِیر (dīr)

1. water

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “dīr”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 98

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yĀr. Cognate with Tamil யார் (yār, “who”), Kannada ಯಾರು (yāru).

Pronoun

دیر (der)

1. who

   اونا پِن دیر اے؟

   onā pin der e?

   What is his name?

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “dēr”, in The Brahui Language‎^[2], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 97

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐫅𐫃𐫡 (dgr /⁠daǧr⁠/), 𐫅𐫏𐫡 (dyr /⁠dēr⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎥 (d-r-g /⁠darga⁠/, “long”), from Proto-Iranian *dr̥Hgáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [deːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪eːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dēr
Dari reading?	dēr
Iranian reading?	dir
Tajik reading?	der

• Rhymes: -iːr

Adjective

Dari	دیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дер

دیر • (dir) (comparative دیرتَر (dir-tar), superlative دیرتَرین (dir-tarin))

1. late; tardy

   Antonym: زود (zud)

2. long (of time)

Adverb

دیر • (dir)

1. late

   Antonym: زود (zud)

2. long (of time)

Descendants

• → Assamese: দেৰি (deri)
• → Bengali: দেরি (deri)
• → Hindi: देर (der)
• → Urdu: دیر (der)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَيْر (dayr); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

یک دیر (yek deyr, “a monastery”)

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dajɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äjɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äjɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äjɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äjɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ejɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äjɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dayr
Dari reading?	dayr
Iranian reading?	deyr
Tajik reading?	dayr

Noun

دیر • (deyr) (plural ادیار (adyâr) or دیرها (deyr-hâ))

1. (literary, archaic) monastery, convent

   Synonym: خانقاه (xânqâh)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Persian دیر (der).

Adjective

دیر (der)

1. late