زیرک

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ziː.ˈɾak]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.ɾǽk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.ɾǽk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ziː.ɾǽk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.ɾǽk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.ɹǽkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.ɾǽk]

Readings
Classical reading?	zīrak
Dari reading?	zīrak
Iranian reading?	zirak
Tajik reading?	zirak

Adjective

زیرَک • (zirak) (comparative زیرَک‌تَر (zirak-tar), superlative زیرَک‌تَرین (zirak-tarin))

1. clever, nimble, keen, astute

   Synonyms: هوشیار (hušyâr), زِرَنگ (zerang), ناقُلا (nâqolâ)

   • 1200s, Sadīd ud-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad 'Awfī Bukhārī, Jawāmi ul-Hikāyāt wa Lawāmi' ul-Riwāyāt:

     و اهل آن زیرکترین مردمانند در صنعت و شناختن آلت و هیچ صنف از اصناف بنی آدم با ایشان در آن مبارات نتواند […]

     va ahl-e ân zirak-tarin mardomân-and dar san'at o šenâxtan-e âlat va hič senf az asnâf-e bani âdam bâ išân dar ân mobârât na-tavânand […]

     And its people [the Chinese] are the cleverest of men in industry and knowledge of instruments, and no group among the groups of the sons of Adam can compare with them in that […]

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zirək
• Kurdish:

  → Central Kurdish: زیرەک (zîrek)