پیر

pīr (S. िपतृ ?; Old P. piyar), s.m. An old man; a saint; a spiritual guide or father; a priest; founder or head of a religious order;—Monday:—pīr-bhā`ī, s.m. Follower of the same spiritual teacher or guide, fellow-sectarian:—pīr-bhućṛī(see būćar), s.m. A priest of the hījaṛās;—pīr-bhuć-ṛī-kīkaṛhā`ī, s.f. An offering made to the priest of the hījaṛās on the admission of a novice:—pīr-pāl, s.m. An assignment of land for the support of a pīr, or for keeping in order the tomb of a saint:—pīrpairavī, s.f. Following the guidance (of, -kī):—pīr-zāda, s.m. The son, or the disciple, of a pīr; a priest attached to a mosque; a mendicant:—pīr-zāl, pīr-zāla, pīr-zan, s.f. An old woman:—pīr-mard, s.m. An old man:—pīr-murg̠ān, s.m. Chief priest of the Magi;—the prior of a Christian monastery;—a tavern-keeper:—pīr karnā, v.t. To make (one) a spiritual teacher or guide; to elect a spiritual teacher, etc.