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See also: žir, зір, жир, and zǐr

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A clay pot with another clay pot inside and wet sand between the two; the inner pot has vegetables in it 
A zeer cooling vegetables

Etymology 1

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From Arabic زِير (zīr).

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Noun

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zir (plural zirs)

  1. A large clay jug for storing water, common in Egypt and the Sudan since ancient times.
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Etymology 2

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Blend of z (gender-neutral (as in ze)) +‎ i (him/his) +‎ r (her).

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Pronoun

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zir (third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive hirself)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) Gender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object) pronoun, equivalent to singular them and coordinate with him and her.
    • 2002, Lynsey Calderwood, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 155:
      However, it soon became very lonely as none of Alice’s school friends could see zir anymore and they soon forgot all about zir.
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Determiner

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zir

  1. (rare, nonstandard) Belonging to zir, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to singular their and coordinate with his and her.
    • 2002, Lynsey Calderwood, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 155:
      … just when it seemed like zie was beginning to get a handle on zir teapot and form normal relationships – although one could hardly call zir twice-weekly sexual encounters with the March Hare ‘normal’ …
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Used with ze (gender-neutral subject, coordinate to he/she).

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Anagrams

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From Arabic زِير (zīr).

Noun

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zir

  1. (Yardimli, Tovuz, Agjabedi, Nakhchivan, Ordubad, Sharur, Ardabil) synonym of nəlbəki (saucer)

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of nəlbəki (saucer)
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RegionalGroupSubgroupLocationWords
North AzerbaijaniStandard North Azerbaijaninəlbəki
EasternQubabuşğab
Salyanləmbəki
Yardymlizir
WesternQazakh-TovuzQazakhbölməki
Tovuzzir
CentralGadabayçini
Kalbajarçini
Jabrayilləmbəki
Agjabedizir
SouthernNakhchivanzir
Ordubadzir
Sharurzir
South AzerbaijaniArdabilzir

Further reading

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  • zir” in Obastan.com.

Phalura

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Etymology

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From Pashto [script needed] (zər).

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Numeral

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zir (Perso-Arabic spelling زِر)

  1. thousand

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References

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  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Vilamovian

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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zir

  1. very