سایر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَائِر (sāʔir).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ˈjiɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.jɪ́ɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.jɪ́ɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.jíɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.jéɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.jíɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sāyir
Dari reading^?	sāyir
Iranian reading^?	sâyer
Tajik reading^?	soyir

Noun

سایر • (sâyer) (plural سایرین (sâyerin))

(with ezâfe or in the plural) the rest (of); other
― sâyer-e a'zâ-ye goruh ― other members of the group

― sâyer-e ketâb-hâ ― the rest of the books

― olguyi barâ-ye sâyerin ― a model for the rest
(archaic) walker; wanderer
- early 1000s, ʿUnṣurī, “Panegyric 19”, in دیوان عنصری‎:
  کشوری نیست بر زمین که نشد
  نام او سایر اندر آن کشور
  kišwarē nēst bar zamīn ki na-šud
  nām-i ō sāyir andar ān kišwar
  There is no country upon the earth where his [famous] name is not wandering about.
  (Classical romanization)

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