pir (2)

Definition of pir (2)

bridge; onstruction or natural feature that spans a divide. Structure built to span physical obstacles.

Other forms

pird, pire, koprî

Example Sentences

- Piştî ku em ji pirekê derbas bûn, ev pir hat bombe kirin. - Just after we arrived and crossed a bridge, it was blown up.

Etymology

From Avestan perethu "bridge" (as in Chinvat Peretehu),

From PIE root *pertu "pass over" hence "wooden causeway",

Sanskrit chid,
Lycian pri- "over-",
Lydian fra- "across, through",
Lithuanian "pra-, per"
Latin pro;
Proto-Germanic *brugjo,
Old High German brucca,
German brücke,
Old English faran “to go, journey”,
Old Norse fjörðr,
Welsh chwydu,
Old Irish scian,
Gothic skaidan,
Flemish brug,
Serbian brv "footbridge",
Gaulish briva,
Dutch brug.

Updated on May 22, 2023

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The Avestan language relating to the ancient Aryen (later on Iranian) language in which it is written, closely related to Vedic Sanskrit. Ancient Iranian language that survived in sacred texts centuries after it went extinct, from Avesta "sacred books of the Zoroastrians (Zarahustra)" earlier Avistak, literally “books”.

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