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

Alternative forms

• دریاب (daryāb)

Etymology

From Earlier Persian دریاب (daryāb) from Middle Persian [script needed] (dlydʾp̄ /⁠drayāb⁠/, “sea”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎹 (draya, “ocean, sea”), from Proto-Iranian *jráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ráyas. Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬢𐬵 (zraiiaŋh, “sea”), Sanskrit ज्रयस् (jráyas, “expanse”) Kurdish zerya (sea).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Dari	دریا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дарё

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

دریا

1. sea
2. ocean
3. river

Synonyms

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

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)

 

Borrowed terms

• Assamese: দৰিয়া (doria)
• Azerbaijani:

  Northern Azeri: dərya (daryā)

  Southern Azeri: دریا (daryā)

• Bengali: দরিয়া (doriẏa)
• Gujarati: દરિયો (dariyo)
• Hindi: दर्या (daryā)
• Kashmiri: दर्या (daryā)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: derya, derîya, deriya

  Central Kurdish: دەریا (daryā)

• Kyrgyz: дарыя (darıya)
• Ottoman Turkish: دریا (deryâ)
  • Turkish: derya
• Pashto: درياب (daryā́b, “sea; lake”)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਦਰਿਆ (dariā)

  Shahmukhi script: دریا (daryā)

• Talysh:

  Cen, Southern Thai: دریا (daryā)

  Northern Talysh: dərya (daryā)

• Turkmen: derýa
• Urdu: دریا (daryā)
• Uyghur: دەريا (derya)
• Uzbek: дарё (daryo) / daryo

Proper noun

دریا • (daryâ)

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

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

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)