jir

• hir

• IPA^(key): /hir/

jir

1. man

From Chinese 箭 (MC tsjenH).

• IPA^(key): [tʃʲɛ²¹]

jir 

1. (Yao'an) arrow

jir (Rimini)

1. yesterday

Borrowed from Bulgarian жир (žir) or Serbo-Croatian žir, from Proto-Slavic *žirъ.

• IPA^(key): /ʒir/

jir n (uncountable)

1. beech nut

jir m (plural jirar)

1. skin

From Proto-Somaloid *gir- (“to exist”), probably from Proto-Cushitic *gir- (“fire”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *gir- (“fire”). Cognate with Jiiddu yeri, Rendille jiro (“life”), Baiso gir, Oromo jiraachuu, and possibly Afar gira (“fire”), Burji jiira (“fire”), Hadiyya giira (“fire”), Kambaata gira (“fire”), Sidamo gira (“fire”).

jir

1. to exist

• De Larajasse, E. (1897). Somali-English and English-Somali dictionary (p. 97). JIH-JIR.