چیره
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiː.ɾa]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.ɾä]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.ɾä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰi.ɾä]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiː.ɹe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰi.ɾä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čīra |
| Dari reading? | čīra |
| Iranian reading? | čire |
| Tajik reading? | čira |
| Dari | چیره |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | I |
Adjective
چیره • (čire) (comparative چیرهتَر (čire-tar), superlative چیرهتَرین (čire-tarin))
- brave, strong, powerful
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2266:
- نیست چیره چون ترا چیره کند
نور ندهد مر ترا تیره کند- nīst čīra čōn tarā čira kunad
nūr na-dihad mar tarā tīra kunad - He is not strong: how should he make thee strong?
He does not give light, (nay) he makes thee dark.
- nīst čīra čōn tarā čira kunad
- rude, violent
- prevailing, victorious
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “چیره”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چیره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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