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Yes. The word pir is a Scrabble US word. The word pir is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (2 found)

PIR,RIP,

2-letter words (1 found)

PI,

You can make 3 words from pir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of pir

pir

Etymology

From Persian پیر.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɪə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɪɹ/
  • Homophones: peer, pier

Noun

pir (plural pirs)

  1. A Muslim, especially Sufi, holy man or religious leader.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian پیر.

Noun

pir (definite accusative piri, plural pirlər)

  1. old man, whitebeard
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:qoca
  2. founder or chief of a religious body or sect; a Shia saint
  3. shrine or tomb of such a chief or saint
  4. (figurative) authority, expert

Declension

Further reading

  • “pir” in Obastan.com.

Cimbrian

Noun

pir f

  1. pear

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِئْر (biʔr).

Noun

pir m (plural pkyara)

  1. cistern

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 151

Eskayan

Noun

pir

  1. fish

Middle English

Noun

pir

  1. Alternative form of pere (“peer”)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

Compare Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠purr⁠/).

Adverb

pir

  1. very

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *pr̥tuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tuš, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪɾ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɾ

Noun

pir f

  1. bridge

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pirъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pi(ː)r/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /pir/

Noun

pir m ?

  1. convivial gathering, feast, revel
    Synonyms: biesiada, frywołt, gody, kołacyja, tłoka, uczta

Further reading

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “pir”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Romani

Noun

pir

  1. Alternative form of per (“belly, abdomen”)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 519a
  • Vaillant, Jean-Alexandre (1868) “pir”, in Grammaire, dialogues et vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens ou Cigains (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve, page 122a

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian пир (pir), from Proto-Slavic *pirъ.

Noun

pir m (uncountable)

  1. quackgrass (Elymus repens)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pier. Attested since 1885.

Noun

pir c

  1. pier, jetty

Declension

References

  • pir in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • pir in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • pir in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Noun

pir (definite accusative piri, plural pirler)

  1. expert, master, senior

Source: wiktionary.org