different between keir vs kir

English

Noun

keir (plural keirs)

1. Alternative form of kier
   • 1902, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Sessional Papers, Volume 34, Part 2, page 7,

     The keirs, becks, washing machines, etc., are placed sufficiently low to allow of being fed from the water supply by gravitation, and the outlets placed just sufficiently high to reach the water line of the river a little above its normal flow.

   • 1919, Society of Dyers and Colourists, Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, Volume 35, page 35,

     Also fine clothes require longer treatment in the keir in order to secure good penetration by the chemie.

   • 1975, Owen Ashmore, The Industrial Archaeology of Stockport, page 31,

     The cloth was singed to remove superfluous fluff by being passed over heated copper plates and then boiled in bleaching keirs with lime or caustic soda.

Anagrams

• Erik, Keri, Kier, Rike, keri, kier, rike

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French kir, named after Félix Kir, mayor of Dijon.

Noun

kir (countable and uncountable, plural kirs)

1. A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine.

Derived terms

• kir royal

Translations

Anagrams

• IKR, Irk, Kri, ikr, irk, rik

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun

kir (definite accusative kiri, plural kirl?r)

1. dirt

   Synonym: çirk

Declension

Derived terms

• kirli

Further reading

• “kir” in Obastan.com.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kir.

Noun

kir

1. dirt

Derived terms

• kirli

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

kir

1. first-person singular present indicative of kirren
2. imperative of kirren

Anagrams

• Rik

Finnish

Etymology

From French kir

Noun

kir

1. kir

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

kir m (plural kirs)

1. kir (beverage)

Derived terms

• kir breton

Further reading

• “kir” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch keur (“seal”), from Middle Dutch core, cuere, from Old Dutch kuri, from Proto-West Germanic *ku?i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?r]
• Hyphenation: kir

Noun

kir (plural kir-kir, first-person possessive kirku, second-person possessive kirmu, third-person possessive kirnya)

1. (colloquial) examination.

   Synonym: pemeriksaan

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kir m

1. (vulgar) cock, penis

Derived terms

• kir seru

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (kiri, “scattering, heap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kir/

Noun

kir m (Perso-Arabic spelling ???)

1. snow

Inflection

a-decl (Obl, pl): -á

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley, “[2]”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, 1969–1985.

Polish

Etymology

From German Kern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?ir/

Noun

kir m inan

1. black armband

Declension

Related terms

• kirowy

Further reading

• kir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (k??a, “worm, insect”). Cognate with Hindi ????? (k???, “insect, bug”).

Noun

kir f

1. ant

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (kir), from Old Turkic kir? (kir), from Proto-Turkic *kir (“dirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ci?]

Noun

kir (definite accusative kiri, plural kirler)

1. dirt

Declension

Synonyms

• pislik
• pasak

Derived terms

• kirlenmek
• kirletmek

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) , “kir”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3823