تیره

See also: تیرہ, بيرة, and تیزه

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (tylk' /⁠tērag⁠/, “dark”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [teː.ɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeː.ɾä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeː.ɾä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeː.ɾä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeː.ɾä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɹe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰe.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading?	tēra
Dari reading?	tēra
Iranian reading?	tire
Tajik reading?	tera

Adjective

تیرِه • (tire)

1. dark; dim

   Synonym: تاریک (târik)

   شبی تیره ― šabi tire ― a dark night

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 75:

     چو روز حشر سر از خاک تیره بردارم
     بخاک پای تو خواهم نهاد روی چو زر

     čū rōz-i hašr sar az xāk-i tēra bardāram
     ba-xāk-i pā-yi tu xwāham nihād rō-yi čū zar

     When I raise my head from the dark earth on Resurrection Day,
     I will place my golden face on the earth below your feet.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. turbulent (of water)

   آبِ تیره ― âb-e tire ― turbulent water

3. (figurative) gloomy; despondent

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tiː.ɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɾä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɾä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɾä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰi.ɾä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɹe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰi.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading?	tīra
Dari reading?	tīra
Iranian reading?	tire
Tajik reading?	tira

Noun

تیرِه • (tire)

1. sect, division
   1. section of a nomadic tribe; sometimes synonymous with طایفه (tâyefe, “tribal subdivision”), sometimes a subsection within a طایفه.
   2. religious sect
2. (taxonomy) family; generally used for plants and birds.

Usage notes

• خانواده (xânevâde) is generally used for animal families.