tir

tir

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tigrinya.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Tigrinya terms

From Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

tir m (plural tirioù)

1. land

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

tir

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Deverbal from tirar (“to shoot”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtir]

tir m (plural tirs)

1. shot
2. shooting (sport)

• tir amb arc
• tir olímpic

From Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

tir m (plural tiryow)

1. land, earth

French Wikipedia has an article on:

tir

Wikipedia ^fr

Deverbal from tirer (“to shoot”).

• IPA^(key): /tiʁ/

• Audio; “un tir”:

  (file)

tir m (plural tirs)

1. shot, shooting (of a weapon) [from 1660]

   tir précis ― precise shot

   tir au canon ― cannon firing

   tir à l’arc ― archery

2. shooting (sport)
3. shooting range [from 1826]
   • 1854, Gérard de Nerval, “Angélique”, in Les Filles du feu [The Daughters of Fire]:

     Un tir a été établi pour les archers dans un des fossés qui se rapprochent de la ville.

     A range was set up for the archers in one of the ditches that approach the city.

4. blasting (in mines)

• → Belarusian: цір (cir)
• → Russian: тир (tir)
• → Ukrainian: тир (tyr)

• “tir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• rit, rît
• tri

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪr/
• Rhymes: -tir

From Malay tir; ultimately from Tamil தேர் (tēr).

tir (plural tir-tir, first-person possessive tirku, second-person possessive tirmu, third-person possessive tirnya)

1. (chess) rook; castle

   Synonym: benteng

2. (chess) bishop

• tar
• ter

tir (plural tir-tir, first-person possessive tirku, second-person possessive tirmu, third-person possessive tirnya)

1. alternative spelling of tar (“tar”)

• “tir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Tamil தேர் (tēr).

• IPA^(key): [te(r)]
• Rhymes: -ir

tir (Jawi spelling تير, plural tir-tir, informal 1st possessive tirku, 2nd possessive tirmu, 3rd possessive tirnya)

1. (sports) The rook or castle piece in chess.

   Synonym: benteng

• Indonesian: tir

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text)
raja, syah راج, شاه	bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو	benteng, tir بينتيڠ, تير	gajah ݢاجه	kuda کودا	bidak, piadah, pion بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون

• “tir” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Celtic *tīros.

tir

1. land

From Proto-Germanic *tīraz, from Proto-Indo-European *dey-.

Cognate with Old Norse tírr (“glory, honour”) and Old Saxon tīr (“glory, renown”). Compare Proto-Germanic *tiari- (“neat, splendid”), whence Old High German ziari (“neat, beautiful, splendid”), Old High German zierī (German Zier (“splendour, beauty”)), German zieren (“to decorate”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /tiːr/

tīr m

1. fame; glory; honour

• tīrēadīg
• tīrfæst
• tīrfruma
• tīrlēas
• tīrmeahtiġ

• Middle English: tir

From Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. “dry land” as opposed to lake or sea. Cognates include Latin terra, German dürr, English thirst.

tir m

1. land

• Welsh: tir

From blue-and-white plates with the French initialism TIR (“Transports Internationaux Routiers”), which are put on vehicles matching the requirements of the TIR Convention.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtir/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ir
• Syllabification: tir

tir m animal

1. articulated lorry

• tir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• 𐴃𐴞𐴌 (tir) — Hanifi Rohingya script

From Bengali তীর (tir), from Persian تیر (tir).

tir (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴞𐴌)

1. arrow

Borrowed from French tir.

tir n (uncountable)

1. shooting (of a weapon)

tir

1. Romanization of 𒌁 (tir)

tir

1. sweat

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɾ/

tir (Nisheigram)

1. true

From Middle Welsh tir, from Old Welsh tir, from Proto-Brythonic *tir, from Proto-Celtic *tīros, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

• IPA^(key): /tiːr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːr

tir m (plural tiroedd)

1. land

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tir”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies