pyr
fire
Greek · pyr (πῦρ)
Pyr comes from Greek pyr, fire. A pyre is a pile of wood for burning, empyrean and empyreal name the highest heaven imagined as pure fire, and a pyralid is a moth family named after fire.
Memory trick
Pyr sounds like 'fire' with a P: the pyre is a fire stack.
Words from this root
- pyre (pyre) — pile of wood for burningचिता, जलाने के लिए लकड़ियों का ढेर
- empyrean (em + pyr + ean) — highest heaven, region of fireसर्वोच्च स्वर्ग, अग्नि का लोक
- empyreal (em + pyr + eal) — heavenly, of pure fireस्वर्गीय, शुद्ध अग्नि का
- pyralid (pyr + alid) — moth of a family linked to fireआग से जुड़े परिवार का पतंगा