زیاد

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic زِيَادَة (ziyāda).

Alternative spelling

• زیادت (ziyādat) (dated spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.jɔːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɒːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɔd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ziyāḏ
Dari reading?	ziyād
Iranian reading?	ziyâd
Tajik reading?	ziyod

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Adjective

زیاد • (ziyâd) (comparative زیادتَر (ziyâd-tar), superlative زیادتَرین (ziyâd-tarin))

1. much; a lot
2. many; several
3. too; too much

   زیاد خوردم.

   ziyâd xordam.

   I ate too much.

Usage notes

The Persian comparative and superlative forms زیادتر (ziyâd-tar) and زیادترین (ziyâd-tarin) are somewhat colloquial.

Commonly used terms are the native بیشتر (bištar) and بیشترین (bištarin) in the Persian comparative and superlative forms.

Synonyms

• بسیار (besyâr)
• خیلی (xeyli)
• چندین (čandin)

Derived terms

• زیاد کردن (ziyâd kardan)
• زیاد شدن (ziyâd šodan)

Related terms

• زیاده (ziyâde)

Etymology 2

From زیستن (zistan, “to live, to survive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziːˈjɒːd/

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Verb

زیاد • (ziyâd) (optative, infinitive زیستن)

1. (archaic) May (someone) live!; Long live (someone)!