اسیر

See also: أسير and أشير

Burushaski

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [asiːr]

Adjective

اسیر (asiir)

1. near

References

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “asiir”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr).

Noun

اسیر • (esir or yesir)

1. prisoner
2. slave

Derived terms

• اسیرانه
• اسیرجی (esirci)

Descendants

• Turkish: esir
• → Armenian: եսիր (esir)
• → Serbo-Croatian: jȅsīr / је̏сӣр
• → Crimean Tatar: esir

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 94

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.siːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.siːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.siːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.siːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.siɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.siːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.siɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	asīr
Dari reading?	asīr
Iranian reading?	asir
Tajik reading?	asir

Noun

اسیر • (asir) (plural اسیران (asirân) or اسرا (asrâ))

1. prisoner, captive
2. prisoner of war

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَسِیر (asīr), from Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.siːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ
• Hyphenation: اَ‧سِیر
• Homophones: اَثِیر (asīr), عَثِیر ('asīr), عَسِیر ('asīr), عَصِیر ('asīr)

Adjective

اَسِیر • (asīr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling असीर)

1. captured
2. (figuratively) suffering; stricken

   Synonym: مُبْتَلا (mubtalā)

Noun

اَسِیر • (asīr) m (formal plural اَسِیران (asīrān), Hindi spelling असीर)

1. prisoner; captive (of persecution etc.)

   Synonym: قَیدی (qaidī)

2. prisoner of war

Declension

Declension of اسیر
	singular	plural
direct	اَسِیر (asīr)	اَسِیر (asīr)
oblique	اَسِیر (asīr)	اَسِیروں (asīrõ)
vocative	اَسِیر (asīr)	اَسِیرو (asīro)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• اَسِیری (asīrī)
• اَسِیرِ سُلْطانی (asīr-i sultānī)
• اَسِیرِ عَدَم (asīr-i 'adam)
• اَسِیرِ مَعاش (asīr-i ma'āś)

Further reading

• “اسیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اسیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اسير”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.