As a Hindi name
चीरना
to split, rend; to form a path, cut a way
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set चिरना (cirnā) चीरना (cīrnā) चिराना (cirānā) चिरवाना (cirvānā) Etymology tree Sanskrit चीर (cīra) Prakrit चीर (cīra)der. Hindi चीरना Verbal derivative from Prakrit चीर (cīra, “a strip”), whence चीर (cīr, “a strip, rag”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the elder sister of a wife
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Dictionary citations
cīra—bhavantī f. the elder sister of a wife, L.
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