Where does “jéér” come from?

jéér (Sundanese) comes from Persian زیر, from Middle Persian azēr — under.

jéér (Sundanese): kasra, the diacritic in the Arabic script that represents the vowel /i/: ـِ

Definitions

  1. kasra, the diacritic in the Arabic script that represents the vowel /i/: ـِ

Ancestry of “jéér”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزیرhigh-pitched; kasra; underneath
2Middle Persianazērunder
Every word from Middle Persian azēr →Every word from Persian زیر →