kira

See also: Kira, kíra, and kĩra

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Dzongkha དཀྱི་ར (dkyi ra​)bor.

English kira

Borrowed from Dzongkha དཀྱི་ར (dkyi ra​).

Noun

kira (plural kiras)

1. An ankle-length dress traditionally worn by women in Bhutan.

Anagrams

• ikra, raik, rika, Rika, Irak, Arik, krai, Kari, raki

Fijian

Adverb

kira

1. downward, downwards

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kira.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkira/ [ˈki.ra]
• Rhymes: -ira
• Syllabification: ki‧ra

Verb

kira

1. to assume, think that, suspect, guess, imagine
2. to be of the opinion that
3. be left out of consideration, get no consideration
4. to compute, calculate

Noun

kira (plural kira-kira)

1. (colloquial) feeling, opinion, supposition, presumption (not based on concrete evidence)
2. guess, estimate, estimation, calculation, count, conjecture
3. (in questions, negatives) would have thought

Derived terms

• berkira-kira
• kira-kira
• kira-kiraan
• kiraan
• kiranya
• memperkirakan
• mengira
• mengira-ngira
• mengira-ngirakan
• pengira
• pengiraan
• perkiraan
• prakira
• sekira-kira
• sekiranya
• terkira
• terkirakan

Further reading

• “kira”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

kira

1. Rōmaji transcription of きら

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiɾa/

Verb

kira (infinitive gũkira)

1. to hold one's tongue

Derived terms

(Verbs)

• gũkirĩrĩria

(Proverbs)

• gũkira nĩ gũthũrana
• ũngĩona ĩkirĩte, ĩmeretie ĩngĩ

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

• rika

Malay

Etymology

According to Dempwolf (1938), from Proto-Austronesian *kira (“‘to presume, surmise, suspect’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kira/
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

kira (Jawi spelling کيرا)

1. to count (to enumerate or determine number)

   Synonyms: bilang, hitung

Further reading

• "kira" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “approximately”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كرا, from Arabic كِرَاء (kirāʔ, “rent, renting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ciˈɾaː/
• Hyphenation: ki‧ra

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Noun

kira (definite accusative kirayı, plural kiralar)

1. rent, tenancy

Declension

Declension of kira

singular plural nominative kira kiralar definite accusative kirayı kiraları dative kiraya kiralara locative kirada kiralarda ablative kiradan kiralardan genitive kiranın kiraların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular kiram kiralarım 2nd singular kiran kiraların 3rd singular kirası kiraları 1st plural kiramız kiralarımız 2nd plural kiranız kiralarınız 3rd plural kiraları kiraları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular kiramı kiralarımı 2nd singular kiranı kiralarını 3rd singular kirasını kiralarını 1st plural kiramızı kiralarımızı 2nd plural kiranızı kiralarınızı 3rd plural kiralarını kiralarını dative singular plural 1st singular kirama kiralarıma 2nd singular kirana kiralarına 3rd singular kirasına kiralarına 1st plural kiramıza kiralarımıza 2nd plural kiranıza kiralarınıza 3rd plural kiralarına kiralarına locative singular plural 1st singular kiramda kiralarımda 2nd singular kiranda kiralarında 3rd singular kirasında kiralarında 1st plural kiramızda kiralarımızda 2nd plural kiranızda kiralarınızda 3rd plural kiralarında kiralarında ablative singular plural 1st singular kiramdan kiralarımdan 2nd singular kirandan kiralarından 3rd singular kirasından kiralarından 1st plural kiramızdan kiralarımızdan 2nd plural kiranızdan kiralarınızdan 3rd plural kiralarından kiralarından genitive singular plural 1st singular kiramın kiralarımın 2nd singular kiranın kiralarının 3rd singular kirasının kiralarının 1st plural kiramızın kiralarımızın 2nd plural kiranızın kiralarınızın 3rd plural kiralarının kiralarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular kirayım kiralarım 2nd singular kirasın kiralarsın 3rd singular kira kiradır kiralar kiralardır 1st plural kirayız kiralarız 2nd plural kirasınız kiralarsınız 3rd plural kiralar kiralardır

Derived terms

• kira arabası
• kira bedeli
• kira kontratı
• kira sözleşmesi
• kiracı
• kirada olmak
• kirada oturmak
• kiralamak
• kiralık

Related terms

Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root ك ر ي (0 c, 1 e)

Further reading

• “kira”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kira”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kira”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1532
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kiʀam with irregular loss of *m, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiʀam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kira/

Noun

kira

1. axe

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪɾa/

Noun

kira

1. mother

   Ja kira : Mother of children

   Zara kira : Mother of Zara; Zara's mother

2. old female animal with children; mother animal

   Day kira : Old female camel

   Bey kira : Old female goat

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad