zir
English
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /zɪɹ/, /zɪɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /zɪə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɪ(ɹ)
Noun
editzir (plural zirs)
- A large clay jug for storing water, common in Egypt and the Sudan since ancient times.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:zir.
Alternative forms
editEtymology 2
editBlend of z (“gender-neutral (as in ze)”) + i (“him/his”) + r (“her”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /zɪɹ/, /zɪɚ/, /zɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /zɪə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɪ(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ)
Pronoun
editzir (third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive hirself)
- (rare, nonstandard) Gender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object) pronoun, equivalent to singular them and coordinate with him and her.
Synonyms
edit- see Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns
- hir (also used with ze)
Derived terms
editDeterminer
editzir
- (rare, nonstandard) Belonging to zir, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to singular their and coordinate with his and her.
- 2002, Lynsey Calderwood, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 155:
- … just when it seemed like zie was beginning to get a handle on zir teapot and form normal relationships – although one could hardly call zir twice-weekly sexual encounters with the March Hare ‘normal’ …
Usage notes
editUsed with ze (“gender-neutral subject, coordinate to he/she”).
Derived terms
editCoordinate terms
editAnagrams
editAzerbaijani
editEtymology
editNoun
editzir
Synonyms
editDialectal synonyms of nəlbəki (“saucer”) | ||||
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Regional | Group | Subgroup | Location | Words |
North Azerbaijani | Standard North Azerbaijani | nəlbəki | ||
Eastern | Quba | buşğab | ||
Salyan | ləmbəki | |||
Yardymli | zir | |||
Western | Qazakh-Tovuz | Qazakh | bölməki | |
Tovuz | zir | |||
Central | Gadabay | çini | ||
Kalbajar | çini | |||
Jabrayil | ləmbəki | |||
Agjabedi | zir | |||
Southern | Nakhchivan | zir | ||
Ordubad | zir | |||
Sharur | zir | |||
South Azerbaijani | Ardabil | zir |
Further reading
edit- “zir” in Obastan.com.
Phalura
editEtymology
editFrom Pashto [script needed] (zər).
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editzir (Perso-Arabic spelling زِر)
- thousand
Alternative forms
editReferences
editVilamovian
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adverb
editzir
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