कीर

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कीर (kīra).

Noun edit

कीर (kīr) m

1. parrot
   • c. 1660 - 1700, ध्रुवदास [dhruvdās], मन-शिक्षा-लीला [man-śikṣā-līlā]:

     मन शिक्षा के सुनत ही, ढर्यौ न नैननि नीर ।
     पाठ भजन ऐसो भयो जैसे पढ़त है कीर ॥

     man śikṣā ke sunat hī, ḍharyau na nainni nīr .
     pāṭh bhajan aiso bhayo jaise paṛhat hai kīr .

     When one hears the "Soul-Instruction", tears cease to flow from the eyes
     if one reads the lesson in the manner of a parrot.

References edit

• Rupert Snell (1991) The Hindi Classical Tradition: A Braj Bhāṣā Reader‎^[1], London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps related to Old Tamil 𑀓𑀺𑀴𑀺 (kiḷi). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kiː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.ɾɐ/

Noun edit

कीर • (kīra) stem, m

1. parrot
2. (in the plural) name of the people and of the country of Kashmir

Declension edit

Descendants edit

• → Malayalam: കീരം (kīraṁ)
• Sinhalese: කීර (kīra), ගිරවා (girawā)
• → Telugu: కీరము (kīramu)

References edit

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899