دریا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian دریا‎ (daryâ).

Noun

دریا • (deryâ)

1. (geography) river
2. (geography) sea

Proper noun

دریا • (Deryâ)

1. A female given name, Derya, Darya

References

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

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian dlydʾp̄ (drayāb, “sea”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎹 (draya, “ocean, sea”), from Proto-Iranian *ĵráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵráyas. Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬢𐬵‎ (zraiiaŋh, “sea”), Sanskrit ज्रयस् (jráyas, “expanse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæɾˈjɒː/
• (dialectal, Bushehr) IPA^(key): [deɾˈjɒː]

Noun

Dari Persian	دریا‎
Iranian Persian	دریا‎
Tajiki Persian	дарё (daryo)

دریا • (daryâ) (plural دریاها‎ (daryâ-hâ))

دریا

1. sea
2. ocean
3. river

Synonyms

• (sea): بحر‎ (bahr)
• (ocean): اقیانوس‎ (oqyânus)
• (river): رود‎ (rud), رودخانه‎ (rudxâne), نهر‎ (nahr)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• آمو دریا‎ (Âmu Daryâ)
• دریائی‎ (daryâ'i) / دریایی‎ (daryâyi)
• دریابان‎ (daryâ-bân)
• دریازده‎ (daryâ-zade)

• دریانورد‎ (daryâ-navard)
• دریانوردی‎ (daryâ-navardi)
• دریاچه‎ (daryâče)

• دریاکنار‎ (daryâ-kenâr)
• دل به دریا زدن‎ (del be daryâ zadan)
• سیر دریا‎ (Sir Daryâ)

Descendants

• → Bengali: দরিয়া (dôriya)
• → Gujarati: દરિયો (dariyo)
• → Hindi: दर्या (daryā)
• → Kashmiri: दर्या (daryā)
• → Kyrgyz: дарыя (darıya)
• → Ottoman Turkish: دریا‎ (deryâ)
  • Turkish: derya
• → Punjabi: ਦਰਿਆ (dariā) / دریا‎ (daryā)
• → Turkmen: derýa
• → Urdu: دریا‎ (daryā)
• → Uyghur: دەريا‎ (derya)
• → Uzbek: дарё / daryo

Proper noun

دریا • (daryâ)

1. A female given name, Darya.

Descendants

• Turkish: Derya

References

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

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Punjabi

Etymology

From Persian دریا‎ (daryâ).

Noun

دریا • (daryā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਰਿਆ)

1. (geography) river

Synonyms

• ندی‎ (nadī)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian دریا‎ (daryâ).

Noun

دریا • (daryā) m (Hindi spelling दर्या)

1. sea
2. ocean
3. river

Synonyms

• (river): ندی‎ (nadī)

Derived terms

• دریائی‎ (daryā'ī)
• دریاچہ‎ (daryācā)