# ایر
## Burushaski
### Etymology

Borrowed from Shina [Term?], ultimately from Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt”).

### Noun

ایر (ayar)
* hail

### References

* Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “ayar”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aśáni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Chagatai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēr.

### Noun

ایر (er) (plural ايرلار)
* man
    Synonyms: آدم (ādam), اير كشى (er kiši)

#### Derived terms

* اير كشى (“male person”)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ēder (“saddle”); cognate with Azerbaijani yəhər, Bashkir эйәр (eyər), Chuvash йӗнер (jĕner), Kazakh ер (er), Kyrgyz ээр (eer), Turkmen eýer, Uyghur ئىگەر (iger) and Uzbek egar.

#### Alternative forms

* اگر (eğer)

#### Noun

ایر • (eyer)
* saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
    Synonyms: زین (zin), سرج (serc)

##### Derived terms

* ایر اورمق (eyer urmak, “to put on a saddle”)
* ایر قاشی (eyer kaşı, “bow of a saddle”)
* ایر قالتاغی (eyer kaltağı, “tree of a saddle”)
* ایرجی (eyerci, “saddler”)
* ایرلتمك (eyerletmek, “to make or let be saddled”)
* ایرلمك (eyerlemek, “to saddle”)
* ایرلنمك (eyerlenmek, “to be saddled”)
* ایرلو (eyerli, “saddled”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: eyer
* → Armenian: էյէր (ēyēr), ա̈յա̈ր (äyär), էկէռ (ēkēṙ)

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “eyer”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1526
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ایر”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 92b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 215
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ephippium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 469
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ایر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 589
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eyer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 292

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yïr (“song”); cognate with Bashkir йыр (yır), Chuvash юрӑ (jură), Kazakh жыр (jyr), Kyrgyz ыр (ır), Salar yür, Tatar җыр (cır) and Yakut ырыа (ırıa).

#### Alternative forms

* ار (ır), ییر (yır)

#### Noun

ایر • (ır)
* song, tune, a musical composition with lyrics for voice
    Synonyms: آهنگ (aheng), اغنیه (uğniye), سرود (surud), شرقی (şarkı)

##### Derived terms

* ایرلاتمق (ırlatmak, “to make or let sing”)
* ایرلامق (ırlamak, “to sing”)
* ایرلایجی (ırlayıcı, “one who abitually sings”)
* ایرلایش (ırlayış, “mode of singing”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: ır

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yır1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5327
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ار”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 19a
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 215
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Cantus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 144
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ایر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 589
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 292

## Persian
### Etymology

From 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ēr-, “Iranian”).

### Adjective

ایر • (ir)
* noble
* Iranian