ایر

See also: ایڑ and أير

Burushaski

Etymology

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

Noun

ایر (ayar)

1. 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)

1. man

   Synonyms: آدم (ādam), اير كشى (er kiši)

Derived terms

• اير كشى (“male person”)

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄r. Compare Turkmen ir, Chuvash ир (ir), Salar er.

Alternative forms

• ار (ẹr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /er/

Adverb

ایر • (ẹr)

1. early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

Derived terms

• ارجرك (ẹrcerek, “from an early time”)
• ارده (ẹrde, “at an early time”)
• ارده و كچده (ẹrde ve gẹçde, “sooner or later”)
• اررك (ẹrrek)
• ایر اكر كچ (ẹr eger gẹç, “sooner or later”)
• ایر و كچ (ẹr vü gẹç, “sooner or later”)
• ایردن (ẹrden, “from an early time”)

Related terms

• ایرته (ẹrte)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: er
• Ottoman Turkish: ار (er)
  • Turkish: er

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “ir”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 375
• “er”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “er”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Tietze, Andreas (2009) “er”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume II, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 672

Etymology 2

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈjɛr/

Noun

ایر • (eyer) (definite accusative ایری (eyeri), plural ایرلر (eyerler))

1. saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal

Derived terms

• ایر صغراغی (eyer saġraġı)
• ایر قومی (eyer qomı)
• ایر چالمق (eyer çalmaq, “to saddle”)
• ایرلو (eyerlü, “saddled”)
• ایرنه طولو طورمق (eyerine ṭolu ṭurmaq, “to be bigger”)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: yəhər
• Gagauz: er
• Ottoman Turkish: ایر (eyer), اگر (eğer)
  • Turkish: eyer
  • → Armenian: էյէր (ēyēr), ա̈յա̈ր (äyär), էկէռ (ēkēṙ)

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “eyer”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 266
• XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[2] (in Turkish), volume III, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1967, page 1581
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eyer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 3

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), یر (yır)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɯr/

Noun

ایر • (ır) (definite accusative ایری (ırı), plural ایرلر (ırlar))

1. song, tune, a musical composition with lyrics for voice

Derived terms

• ارسوزین (ırsuzın, “silently”)
• ایرلاتمق (ırlatmaq, “to make or let sing”)
• ایرلاشمق (ırlaşmaq, “to sing to each other”)
• ایرلاغن (ırlaġan, “singer”)
• ایرلامق (ırlamaq, “to sing”)
• ایرلایجی (ırlayıcı, “one who abitually sings”)

Descendants

• Ottoman Turkish: ایر (ır)
  • Turkish: ır

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 354
• “ır”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[3] (in Turkish), volume III, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1967, pages 1952-19526

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ایر • (ẹr)

1. second-person singular imperative of ایرمك (ẹrmek, “to reach”)

Ottoman Turkish

ایر

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر (eyer) 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)

1. 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

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• 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^[4], Vienna: F. Beck, page 92b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5], 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^[6], 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^[7], Vienna, column 589
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eyer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 292

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish ایر (ır), 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)

1. 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

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• 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^[9], Vienna: F. Beck, page 19a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[10], 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^[11], 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^[12], Vienna, column 589
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[13], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 292

Persian

Etymology

From 𐭠𐭩𐭫 (ēr-, “Iranian”).

Adjective

ایر • (ir)

1. noble
2. Iranian