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pir^¹

/pɪə/ UK
/pɪɹ/ US

Sounds like peer, pier

Where it comes from

From Persian پیر (pir).

noun pirs

A Muslim holy man or religious leader, especially Sufi. 1894, D. C. Baillie, Census of India, 1891, Volume 16, Part 1, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, page 217, The five Pirs are not the only Muhammadan martyrs who are worshipped.
One of the three hereditary, traditionally endogamous Yazidi castes, taking similar religious roles as the sheikh caste with a few differences.

PIR^²

noun PIRs

abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of property irregularity report: a form to be filled in when baggage is lost by an airline.
abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of passive infrared
abbreviation Abbreviation of polyisocyanurate

Pir^³

noun Pirs

Alternative letter-case form of pir

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@misc{pir_2026,
  title = {pir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pir},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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