वीर

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• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋiːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

वीर • (vīr) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ویر‎)

1. heroic, brave

वीर • (vīr) m (Urdu spelling ویر‎)

1. hero, fighter, one who is brave

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• महावीर (mahāvīr)
• शूरवीर (śūrvīr)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “वीर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “वीर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “वीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

वीर • (wīr) m (Perso-Arabic ویٖر‎)

1. a hero

वीर • (wīr) f (Perso-Arabic ویٖر‎)

1. white willow (Salix alba)

वीर

1. Devanagari script form of vīra

वीर m

1. Devanagari script form of vīra

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wiHrás (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬀‎ (vīra), Latin vir (“man”), Lithuanian výras, Old Irish fer, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair), Old Norse verr, Old English wer (whence English wer).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋiː.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋiː.ɾɐ/

वीर • (vīrá) stem, m

1. a man, especially a brave or eminent man, hero, chief
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.7.3:

     त्वद्विप्रो जायते वाज्यग्ने त्वद्वीरासो अभिमातिषाहः ।

     tvadvipro jāyate vājyagne tvadvīrāso abhimātiṣāhaḥ .

     From thee, O Agni, springs the mighty singer, from thee come heroes who subdue the foeman.

2. hero
3. husband
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
4. male child, son
5. the male of an animal
6. heroism

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वीर • (vīrá) stem

1. heroic, powerful, strong, excellent, eminent

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• → Indonesian: wira
• → Javanese: wira
• → Kannada: ವೀರ (vīra)
• → Malay: wira
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• → Tamil: வீரம் (vīram)
• → Telugu: వీర (vīra), వీరము (vīramu) వీరుడు (vīruḍu)

• Dardic:
  • Dameli: [script needed] (bīra, “male, he-goat”)
  • Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (heriu, “husband”)
  • Kalami: [script needed] (bīr, “he-goat”)
  • Kalasha: [script needed] (bīra, “male, he-goat”), [script needed] (birãe, “male”)
  • Kashmiri: ویٖر‎ (vīr, “brave man”)
  • Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (bīro, “male”)
  • Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (wīr, “man”)
  • Phalura: [script needed] (bhīrɔ̄, “male”), [script needed] (bhīro, “he-goat”)
  • Shina: [script needed] (bīro, “male”)
  • Tirahi: [script needed] (bir, “male”)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ވީރު‎ (vīru, “man”)
  • Sinhalese: විරු (wiru, “man”)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀭 (vīra)
  • Assamese: বিরা (bira, “evil spirit”)
  • Bengali: বীর (bir, “hero”)
  • Maithili: बिर (bīr, “hero”)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀭 (vīra)
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• Pali: vīra
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀻𑀭 (vīra)
  • Gujarati: વીર (vīr), વીરૉ (vīrô, “brother (from a sister)”)
  • Hindi: बीर (bīr, “warrior”)
  • Kumaoni: बीर (bīr, “hero”)
  • Nepali: बिर (bir, “wild boar”)
  • Punjabi: ਵੀਰ (vīr, “hero”), ਬੀਰ (bīr, “brother (from a sister)”)
  • Sindhi: वीरु (vīru, “hero, demon”)

• Monier Williams (1899), “वीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1005/2-3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 569-70
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vīrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press