مسیر
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic مَسِير (masīr).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ma.ˈsiːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæ.síːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mä.síɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | masīr |
Dari reading? | masīr |
Iranian reading? | masir |
Tajik reading? | masir |
Noun
[edit]مسیر • (masir)
- route, course; itinerary
- مسیر سپاه ― masir-e sepâh ― course of the army
- سریعترین مسیر سفر با مترو و اتوبوس
- sari'-tarin masir-e safar bâ metrow o owtowbus
- the fastest travel route by subway and bus
- (obsolete, astronomy) linear celestial motion
- Coordinate term: مدار (madâr, “orbit”)
- c. 1100, Amīr Mu'izzī, “Qaṣīda 45”, in دیوان امیر معزی[1]:
- اجرام فلک را به هوای تو مسیر است
زیرا که فلک را به مدار تو مدارست- ajrām-i falak rā ba hawā-yi tu masīr ast
zērā ki falak rā ba madār-i tu madār-ast - The celestial bodies have motion because of your passions,
For the heavens themselves are in orbit because of your high station.
- ajrām-i falak rā ba hawā-yi tu masīr ast
Further reading
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “مسیر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مسیر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim