zir

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US/zɪɹ/US/zɪɚ/UK/zɪə(ɹ)/US/zɚ/

noun

A large clay jug for storing water, common in Egypt and the Sudan since ancient times.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:zir.”

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Meanings

zir1

nounzir (plural zirs)

plural zirs · alternative zeer

  1. A large clay jug for storing water, common in Egypt and the Sudan since ancient times.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:zir.

zir2

pronounzir (third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive hirself)

reflexive hirself

  1. gender neutralnonstandardobjectiveraresingularthird personGender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object) pronoun, equivalent to singular them and coordinate with him and her.

    However, it soon became very lonely as none of Alice’s school friends could see zir anymore and they soon forgot all about zir.

    2002, Lynsey Calderwood, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 155

    Synonyms: hir

determiner
  1. nonstandardrareBelonging to zir, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to singular their and coordinate with his and her.

    … just when it seemed like zie was beginning to get a handle on zir teapot and form normal relationships – although one could hardly call zir twice-weekly sexual encounters with the March Hare ‘normal’ …

    2002, Lynsey Calderwood, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 155

Synonyms & antonyms

pronounGender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object) pronoun, equivalent to singular them and coordinate with him and her.

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Origin

zir · noun

  1. Arabicزِير
  2. Englishzir

From Arabic زِير (zīr).

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zir · pronoun, determiner

Blend of z (“gender-neutral (as in ze)”) + i (“him/his”) + r (“her”).

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APA

zir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zir

MLA

“zir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zir. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zir,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zir.

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