زیرا

Persian

Alternative forms

ازیرا (azērā) (poetic, Classical Persian)

Etymology

From classical compound (az, “of”) +‎ (ērā, “because”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈzeː.ɾɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zéː.ɾɑː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zéː.ɾɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zéː.ɾɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zíː.ɹɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zé.ɾɔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zērā
Dari reading^?	zērā
Iranian reading^?	zirâ
Tajik reading^?	zero

Conjunction

زیرا • (zirâ)

(literary) because
Synonym: چون (čon)

(colloquial) ― čon ke zirâ ― equivalent to English “because I said so” (literally, “because because”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: zira
→ Middle Armenian: զէրէ (zērē), զէրայ (zēray), զէրա (zēra)
- Armenian: զերե (zere)
→ Ottoman Turkish: زیرا (zira)
- Turkish: zira
- → Armenian: զիրա (zira)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ēd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 30

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