कीर

Braj

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कीर (kīra).

Noun

कीर (kīr) m

1. parrot
   • c. 1660 - 1700, ध्रुवदास [dhruvdās], मन-शिक्षा-लीला [man-śikṣā-līlā]:

     मन शिक्षा के सुनत ही, ढर्यौ न नैननि नीर ।
     पाठ भजन ऐसो भयो जैसे पढ़त है कीर ॥

     man śikṣā ke sunat hī, ḍharyau na nainni nīr .
     pāṭh bhajan aiso bhayo jaise paṛhat hai kīr .

     When one hears the "Soul-Instruction", tears cease to flow from the eyes
     if one reads the lesson in the manner of a parrot.

References

• Rupert Snell (1991) The Hindi Classical Tradition: A Braj Bhāṣā Reader‎^[1], London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কীৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
• কীর (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ကီရ (Burmese script)
• કીર (Gujarati script)
• ਕੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂲𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೀರ (Kannada script)
• កីរ (Khmer script)
• ກີຣ (Lao script)
• കീര (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
• କୀର (Odia script)
• ꢒꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
• කීර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩑𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚯𑚤 (Takri script)
• கீர (Tamil script)
• కీర (Telugu script)
• กีร (Thai script)
• ཀཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨁𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Perhaps related to Old Tamil 𑀓𑀺𑀴𑀺 (kiḷi). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kiː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.ɾɐ/

Noun

कीर • (kīra) stem, m

1. parrot
2. (in the plural) name of the people and of the country of Kashmir

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कीर
Nom. sg.	कीरः (kīraḥ)
Gen. sg.	कीरस्य (kīrasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कीरः (kīraḥ)	कीरौ (kīrau)	कीराः (kīrāḥ)
Vocative	कीर (kīra)	कीरौ (kīrau)	कीराः (kīrāḥ)
Accusative	कीरम् (kīram)	कीरौ (kīrau)	कीरान् (kīrān)
Instrumental	कीरेन (kīrena)	कीराभ्याम् (kīrābhyām)	कीरैः (kīraiḥ)
Dative	कीराय (kīrāya)	कीराभ्याम् (kīrābhyām)	कीरेभ्यः (kīrebhyaḥ)
Ablative	कीरात् (kīrāt)	कीराभ्याम् (kīrābhyām)	कीरेभ्यः (kīrebhyaḥ)
Genitive	कीरस्य (kīrasya)	कीरयोः (kīrayoḥ)	कीरानाम् (kīrānām)
Locative	कीरे (kīre)	कीरयोः (kīrayoḥ)	कीरेषु (kīreṣu)

Descendants

• → Malayalam: കീരം (kīraṁ)
• Sinhalese: කීර (kīra), ගිරවා (girawā)
• → Telugu: కీరము (kīramu)

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899