دریا

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Munji[edit]

Noun[edit]

دریا (daryā)

  1. river

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian دریا(daryâ).

Noun[edit]

دریا (derya)

  1. (geography) river
    Synonym: ایرماق(ırmaq)
  2. (geography) sea
    Synonym: دݣز(deŋiz)

Proper noun[edit]

دریا (Derya)

  1. a female given name, Derya, Darya

References[edit]

  • Redhouse, J. W. (1884), “sea”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 667

Persian[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Earlier Persian دریاب(daryâb) from Middle Persian [script needed] (dlydʾp̄ /⁠drayāb⁠/, sea), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎹 (d-r-y /⁠draya⁠/, ocean, sea), from Proto-Iranian *jráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ráyas, likely from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬢𐬵(zraiiaŋh, sea), Sanskrit ज्रयस् (jráyas, expanse), Northern Kurdish zerya (sea).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? daryā
Dari reading? daryā
Iranian reading? daryâ
Tajik reading? daryo

Noun[edit]

Dari دریا
Iranian Persian
Tajik дарё

دَرْیا (daryâ) (plural دریاها(daryâ-hâ))

  1. sea
  2. ocean
  3. river

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Borrowed terms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

دَرْیا (daryâ)

  1. a female given name, Darya, from Middle Persian

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “drayā(b)”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Punjabi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Persian دریا(daryā).

Noun[edit]

دریا (daryām (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਰਿਆ)

  1. (geography) river

Synonyms[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Persian دریا(daryā, sea, river).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

دَرْیا (daryām (Hindi spelling दर्या)

  1. river
    Synonyms: رُود(rūd), نَدی(nadī)
    وہ دریا کنارے کھڑی ہے‎ ― vo daryā kināre khaṛī haishe is standing at the bank of the river
  2. (literary) sea
    Synonyms: سَمَنْدَر(samandar), ساگَر(sāgar)

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