# бир
## Azerbaijani
### Numeral

бир
* Cyrillic spelling of bir (“one”)

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bulgarian бирь (birĭ) (attested in Manasses Chronicle).
Further origin disputed. Either:
* Deverbal from the intensive stem *birati of native бера́ (berá, “to pick”).
* Of Oghur origin, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ri.

### Noun

бир • (bir) m
* (historical) tax, duty

#### Coordinate terms

* да́нък (dánǎk, “duty, tax”) (general term)
* нало́г (nalóg), обло́г (oblóg, “duty”)
* та́кса (táksa, “tax”)
* верги́я (vergíja, “duty”) (during Ottoman times)

#### Derived terms

* биру́вам (birúvam) (causative-iterative)
* би́рка (bírka) (diminutive)
* би́рник (bírnik, “tax collector”)

#### Related terms

* о́бир (óbir, “robbery”)
* сби́рка (sbírka, “compendium”)

### References

* Nayden Gerov (1895) “биръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 42
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бир”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 49

## Karachay-Balkar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

### Numeral

бир • (bir)
* one

## Kumyk
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

### Numeral

бир • (bir)
* one

## Kyrgyz
### Alternative forms

* بىر (bir) (Arabic script, used in China)

### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bir/

### Numeral

бир • (bir)
* one

#### Declension
## Nogai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

### Numeral

бир • (bir)
* one

## Northern Altai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”). Alternative form of пир (pir, “one”).

### Numeral

бир • (bir)
* one

### See also

* пир (pir)
* вир (vir)
* мир (mir)

### References

* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “бир”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN
* N. A Baskakov, editor (1966), “бир”, in Severnyje Dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo) Jazyka - Dialekty Černevyx Tatar (Tuba-Kiži) - Grammatičeskij Očerk i Slovarʹ [Northern Altai Dialect of Altai Language - Black Tatar Dialect (Tuba-Kiži), Grammatical text and dictionary], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN
* N. A. Baskakov, editor (1985), “бир”, in Severnyje Dialekty Altajskovo( Ojrotskovo) Jazyka- Dialekt Lebedinskix Tatar-čalkancev(kuu-kiži) [Northern Altai language-Dialect of Chelkan], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoj literatury, →ISBN

## Southern Altai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

### Numeral

бир • (bir)
* one

## Turkmen
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bər]
* IPA: [biːr] (compounds)

### Numeral

бир (bir)
* Cyrillic spelling of bir (“one”)

## Tuvan
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”, cardinal).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɪr/, [bi̞r]

### Numeral

бир • (bir)
* one

## Uyghur
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

### Numeral

бир • (bir) (Latin spelling bir, Arabic spelling بىر)
* one

## Uzbek
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

### Numeral

бир (bir) (Latin spelling bir)
* one