# pir
## English
### Etymology

From Persian پیر (pir).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɪə/
* (General American) IPA: /pɪɹ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophones: peer, pier

### Noun

pir (plural pirs)
* A Muslim holy man or religious leader, especially Sufi.
** 1894, D. C. Baillie, Census of India, 1891, Volume 16, Part 1, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, page 217,
    The five Pirs are not the only Muhammadan martyrs who are worshipped.
** 1996, Akbar Ali Khan, Discovery of Bangladesh, University Press Limited, page 108:A second attempt to explain the unique role of the pirs in Bengal was made by Eaton (1994).
** 2003, Ibn Warraq, Leaving Islam, Prometheus Books, page 241:Also I learned from the pirs (holy men) and mullahs that someday the entire world will be converted to Islam.

### Anagrams

* irp, Rip, RIP, RPI, rip, IPR, PRI, IRP, iPr

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Persian پیر.

### Noun

pir (definite accusative piri, plural pirlər)
* old man, whitebeard
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:qoca
* founder or chief of a religious body or sect; a Shia saint
* shrine or tomb of such a chief or saint
* (figurative) authority, expert

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “pir” in Obastan.com.

## Cimbrian
### Noun

pir f
* pear

### References

* Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Cypriot Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

### Noun

pir m (plural pkyara)
* cistern

### References

* Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 151

## Eskayan
### Noun

pir
* fish

## Middle English
### Noun

pir
* Alternative form of pere (“peer”)

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *pr̥tuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tuš, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɪɾ/
* Rhymes: -ɪɾ

### Noun

| Central Kurdish | پرد (pird) |
| Southern Kurdish | پیەڵ (pyell) |
| Zazaki | pird |
| Gurani | پرد (pird) |
pir f
* bridge

### Misspelling

pir
* Misspelling of pirr.

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pirъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /pi(ː)r/
* IPA: (15th CE) /pir/

### Noun

pir m inan
* (attested in Masovia) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
** convivial gathering, feast, revel
    Synonyms: biesiada, frywołt, gody, kołacyja, tłoka, uczta
*** 1921 [1447], Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editor, Wolność kmieca na Mazowszu w wieku XV‎, Masovia, page 74:(Jałbrzyk, właściciel gospody, oskarżony o rozpędzenie ludzi Hirzmanowych) s yego piru[(Jałbrzyk, właściciel gospody, oskarżony o rozpędzenie ludzi Hirzmanowych) s jego piru]

### Further reading

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “pir”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Romani
### Noun

pir
* Alternative form of per (“belly, abdomen”)

### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 519a
* Vaillant, Jean-Alexandre (1868) “pir”, in Grammaire, dialogues et vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens ou Cigains (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve, page 122a

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian пир (pir), from Proto-Slavic *pirъ.

### Noun

pir m (uncountable)
* quackgrass (Elymus repens)

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pier. Attested since 1885.

### Noun

pir c
* pier, jetty

#### Declension
### References

* pir in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* pir in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pir in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* pir in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Persian پیر (pir).

### Noun

pir (definite accusative piri, plural pirler)
* expert, master, senior

#### Usage notes

* In everyday conversation the term may more commonly used in compounds rather than standalone noun. Such as " bu işin piri ", "he/she is master in his/her field", or with field of occupation attributive. As a standalone noun a synonym "usta" may more commonly applied.