تیره
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Persian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (tylk' /tērag/, “dark”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [teː.ɾa]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɹe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰe.ɾä]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | tēra |
Dari reading? | tēra |
Iranian reading? | tire |
Tajik reading? | tera |
Adjective
[edit]تیرِه • (tire)
- dark; dim
- Synonym: تاریک (târik)
- شبی تیره ― šabi tire ― a dark night
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 75:
- چو روز حشر سر از خاک تیره بردارم
بخاک پای تو خواهم نهاد روی چو زر- čū rōz-i hašr sar az xāk-i tēra bardāram
ba-xāk-i pā-yi tu xwāham nihād rō-yi čū zar - When I raise my head from the dark earth on Resurrection Day,
I will place my golden face on the earth below your feet.
- čū rōz-i hašr sar az xāk-i tēra bardāram
- turbulent (of water)
- آبِ تیره ― âb-e tire ― turbulent water
- (figurative) gloomy; despondent
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [tiː.ɾa]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɹe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰi.ɾä]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | tīra |
Dari reading? | tīra |
Iranian reading? | tire |
Tajik reading? | tira |
Noun
[edit]تیرِه • (tire)
Usage notes
[edit]- خانواده (xânevâde) is generally used for animal families.