زیر

See also: زير‎ and ریز‎

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (azēr, “under”).

Adjective

زیر • (zir)

  1. high-pitched
Descendants
  • → Arabic: زىر‎ (zīr)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: زیل‎ (zil), زل‎ (zil)
    • Turkish: zil
    • → Albanian: zile
    • → Georgian: ზილი (zili)
    • → Middle Armenian: զիլ (zil)
      • Armenian: զիլ (zil)
  • → Pashto: زير‎ (zir)

Noun

زیر • (zir) (plural زیرها‎ (zir-hâ))

  1. kasra
Synonyms
  • کسره‎ (kasre)

Preposition

زیر • (zir)

  1. underneath
  2. beneath

Prefix

زیر • (zir-)

  1. sub-

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “զիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 95a
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 680, pages 258—259
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 71
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 265
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