pir

From Persian پیر. Compare Sylheti ꠙꠤꠞ (fir).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɪɹ/

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• Homophones: peer, pier

pir (plural pirs)

1. A Muslim, especially Sufi, holy man or religious leader.
   • 1894, D. C. Baillie, Census of India, 1891, Volume 16, Part 1, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, page 217,

     The five Pirs are not the only Muhammadan martyrs who are worshipped.

   • 1996, Akbar Ali Khan, Discovery of Bangladesh, University Press Limited, page 108:

     A second attempt to explain the unique role of the pirs in Bengal was made by Eaton (1994).

   • 2003, Ibn Warraq, Leaving Islam, Prometheus Books, page 241:

     Also I learned from the pirs (holy men) and mullahs that someday the entire world will be converted to Islam.

• irp, Rip, RIP, RPI, rip, IPR, PRI, IRP, iPr

From Persian پیر.

pir (definite accusative piri, plural pirlər)

1. old man, whitebeard

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:qoca

2. founder or chief of a religious body or sect; a Shia saint
3. shrine or tomb of such a chief or saint
4. (figurative) authority, expert

• “pir” in Obastan.com.

pir f

1. pear

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

From Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

pir m (plural pkyara)

1. cistern

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 151

pir

1. fish

pir

1. Alternative form of pere (“peer”)

From Proto-Iranian *pr̥tuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tuš, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.

• IPA^(key): /pɪɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɾ

pir f

1. bridge

1. Misspelling of pirr.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pirъ.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /pi(ː)r/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /pir/

pir m inan

1. (attested in Masovia) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   1. convivial gathering, feast, revel

      Synonyms: biesiada, frywołt, gody, kołacyja, tłoka, uczta

      • 1921 [1447], Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editor, Wolność kmieca na Mazowszu w wieku XV‎^[1], Masovia, page 74:

        (Jałbrzyk, właściciel gospody, oskarżony o rozpędzenie ludzi Hirzmanowych) s yego piru

        [(Jałbrzyk, właściciel gospody, oskarżony o rozpędzenie ludzi Hirzmanowych) s jego piru]

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “pir”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

pir

1. Alternative form of per (“belly, abdomen”)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 519a
• Vaillant, Jean-Alexandre (1868) “pir”, in Grammaire, dialogues et vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens ou Cigains (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve, page 122a

Borrowed from Bulgarian пир (pir), from Proto-Slavic *pirъ.

pir m (uncountable)

1. quackgrass (Elymus repens)

Borrowed from English pier. Attested since 1885.

pir c

1. pier, jetty

• pir in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pir in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pir in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• pir in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

Compare Sylheti ꠙꠤꠞ (fir).

pir (definite accusative piri, plural pirler)

1. expert, master, senior

• In everyday conversation the term may more commonly used in compounds rather than standalone noun. Such as " bu işin piri ", "he/she is master in his/her field", or with field of occupation attributive. As a standalone noun a synonym "usta" may more commonly applied.