"زیرک" meaning in Persian

See زیرک in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ziː.ˈɾak] [Classical-Persian], [ziː.ɾǽk] [Dari, formal], [ziː.ɾǽk] [Dari, formal], [ziː.ɾǽk] [Kabuli], [zi.ɾǽk] (note: Hazaragi), [ziː.ɹǽkʲ] [Iran, formal], [zi.ɾǽk] [Tajik, formal] Forms: زیرَک [canonical], zirak [romanization], زیرَکتَر [comparative], زیرَکتَرین [superlative]
Head templates: {{fa-adj|c=+|head=زیرَک|tr=zirak}} زیرَک • (zirak) (comparative زیرَکتَر (zirak-tar), superlative زیرَکتَرین (zirak-tarin))
  1. clever, nimble, keen, astute Synonyms: هوشیار, زِرَنگ, ناقُلا
    Sense id: en-زیرک-fa-adj-frfSKvg9 Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header

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          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: zirək",
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      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: zirək"
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "زیرَکتَر",
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      "tags": [
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        {
          "english": "And its people [the Chinese] are the cleverest of men in industry and knowledge of instruments, and no group among the groups of the sons of Adam can compare with them in that […]",
          "ref": "1200s, Sadīd ud-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad 'Awfī Bukhārī, Jawāmi ul-Hikāyāt wa Lawāmi' ul-Riwāyāt",
          "text": "و اهل آن زیرکترین مردمانند در صنعت و شناختن آلت و هیچ صنف از اصناف بنی آدم با ایشان در آن مبارات نتواند[…]\nva ahl-e ân zirak-tarin mardomân-and dar san'at o šenâxtan-e âlat va hič senf az asnâf-e bani âdam bâ išân dar ân mobârât na-tavânand […]",
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          "word": "ناقُلا"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And its people [the Chinese] are the cleverest of men in industry and knowledge of instruments, and no group among the groups of the sons of Adam can compare with them in that […]",
          "ref": "1200s, Sadīd ud-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad 'Awfī Bukhārī, Jawāmi ul-Hikāyāt wa Lawāmi' ul-Riwāyāt",
          "text": "و اهل آن زیرکترین مردمانند در صنعت و شناختن آلت و هیچ صنف از اصناف بنی آدم با ایشان در آن مبارات نتواند[…]\nva ahl-e ân zirak-tarin mardomân-and dar san'at o šenâxtan-e âlat va hič senf az asnâf-e bani âdam bâ išân dar ân mobârât na-tavânand […]",
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        }
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        "Dari",
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        "Iran",
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