What it means
گیره (gire) means clothes peg, clip, or clamp: any small device designed to grip or hold something. In a laundry context it is the clothes peg used to fasten washed items to a clothesline. The word derives from the pure Persian verb گرفتن (gereftan), meaning to take, hold, or grasp, and the suffix -e turns it into the noun for the tool that does the gripping. The same root produces گرفتن and گیر (gir, a snag or hold). گیره is versatile: it also names paper clips, hair clips, and any mechanical clamp, so context usually clarifies which type is meant.
How to use it
- گیرهها رو از رو لباسا دربیار. (girehâ ro az ru lebâsâ darbiyâr.) “Take the pegs off the clothes.”
- گیره داری؟ لباسام میفته. (gire dâri? lebâsâm mifte.) “Do you have a peg? My clothes are falling off.”
- گیرههای لباس تو کشو هستن. (gire-hâye lebâs tu keshu hastan.) “The clothes pegs are in the drawer.”
- با گیره محکم بستش. (bâ gire mohkam bastesh.) “They fastened it firmly with a clip.”
Cultural note
گیره is one of those pleasingly logical Persian words where knowing the root (gereftan, to hold) immediately explains the meaning of the object. The plural گیرهها (girehâ) is common in household speech. Because the word covers any gripping device, beginners sometimes need to add a qualifier: گیره لباس (clothes peg), گیره کاغذ (paper clip), or گیره مو (hair clip). The clothes-peg sense is the most concrete and is the one learners at A2 level are most likely to need first.