ир

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēr (“man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [irĕ], [ir̥]
• Hyphenation: ир (one syllable)

Noun

ир • (ir)

1. man

   Был көй ғәҙәттә ирҙәр бейегәндә уйнала.

   Bıl köy ğəźəttə irźər beyegəndə uynala.

   This tune is usually played when men dance.

   Күлде ҡамыш матурлай, ирҙе намыҫ матурлай.

   Külde qamış maturlay, irźe namıś maturlay.

   Cattail makes a lake nice, sense of dignity makes a man handsome.

2. husband

   Ҡатын бер ҡайҙа ла эшләмәй, ире елкәһендә йәшәй.

   Qatın ber qayźa la eşləməy, ire yelkəhendə yəşəy.

   The woman does not work anywhere (and) lives off her husband.

   Яңы хөкүмәткә ябай ауыл ҡатындарынан наказ – ирҙәребеҙҙе Себерҙән ҡайтарығыҙ!

   Yañı xökümətkə yabay awıl qatındarınan nakaz – irźərebeźźe Seberźən qaytarığıź!

   A mandate for the new government from ordinary rural women: bring our husbands home from Siberia! (i.e. create jobs at home.)

   Эстән янып-көйөүгә ҡарамаҫтан, кисерештәренең тамсыһын да иренә күрһәтергә ашыҡманы.

   Estən yanıp-köyöwgə qaramaśtan, kisereştəreneñ tamsıhın da irenə kürhətergə aşıqmanı.

   Although ablaze within, (she) did not hurry to show a droplet of her feelings to her husband.

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēr (“man, brave, warrior, tribesman”). See also Turkish er.

Noun

ир • (ir)

1. man
2. husband
3. tribesman

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *hir, compare Daur xir.

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *wiHráh (“man”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wiHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. The traditional etymology from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas, the self-denominator of speakers of Indo-Iranian languages, is erroneous; see there for more.

Noun

ир • (ir)

1. Ossetians, the Ossetian nation
2. the speakers of the Iron dialect of the Ossetic language

Etymology

Related to Turkish er.

Noun

ир • (ir)

1. man (adult male human)
2. husband

Etymology

From Turkic, compare Crimean Tatar yır, Ottoman Turkish ایر (ır); ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yïr (“song”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪr]

Noun

ир • (yr) m inan (genitive и́ру, nominative plural и́ри, genitive plural и́рів)

1. folk song of certain Turkic peoples

Further reading

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “ир”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ẹri-.

Verb

ир • (ir)

1. (intransitive) (of ice, meat, etc.) to thaw

   Antonym: тоҥ (toñ, “to freeze”)

2. (intransitive) to warm up

   чэйи иһэн ир ― ceyi ihen ir ― warm up by drinking tea