دریا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian دریا‏ (daryâ).

Noun

دریا • (deryâ)

1. (geography) river

Proper noun

دریا • (Deryâ)

1. A female given name, Derya, Darya

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian dlydʾp̄ (drayāb, “sea”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎹 (draya, “ocean, sea”), from Proto-Iranian *dzrayah-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵráyas, from Proto-Indo-European [Term?]. Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬢𐬵‏ (zraiiaŋh-, “sea”), Sanskrit ज्रयस् (jrayas, “expanse”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Dari	دریا‏
Iranian Persian	دریا‏
Tajik	дарё (daryo)

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

1. sea
2. ocean
3. river

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from دریا

• 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

• → 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)