ریگستان

See also: ریكستان

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Persian ریگ (rēg)

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam

Middle Persian -stʾn'

Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān)

Persian ریگستان

From Classical Persian ریگ (rēg, “sand”) + ـِسْتَان (-istān). Literally, “place of sand”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /reː.ɡis.ˈtaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ri.ɡis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹiː.ɡʲes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾe.ɡis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	rēgistān
Dari reading?	rēgistān
Iranian reading?	rigestân
Tajik reading?	registon

Noun

ریگستان • (rēgistān / rigestân) (plural ریگستان‌ها (rēgistān-hā / rigestân-hâ), Tajik spelling регистон)

1. sandy place, desert

   Synonyms: ریگزار (rēgzār / rigzâr), ریگ‌بوم (rēg-būm / rig-bum)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: રેગિસ્તાન (registān)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रेगिस्तान (registān)

  Urdu: ریگِسْتان (registān)

• → Ottoman Turkish: ریكستان (rîgistân)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰੇਗਿਸਤਾਨ (registān)

  Shahmukhi script: ریگِسْتان (registān)

• → Uzbek: registon

Proper noun

ریگستان • (rēgistān / rigestân) (Tajik spelling Регистон)

1. Registan (a public square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan)
2. Registan (a public square in Bukhara, Uzbekistan)
3. Registan (a desert in Afghanistan)

Descendants

• → English: Registan
• → French: Réguistan
• → Gujarati: રેગિસ્તાન (registān)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रेगिस्तान (registān)

  Urdu: ریگِسْتان (registān)

• → Ottoman Turkish: ریكستان (rîgistân)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰੇਗਿਸਤਾਨ (registān)

  Shahmukhi script: ریگِسْتان (registān)

• → Uzbek: Registon

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ریگستان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریگِسْتَان (rēgistān). By surface analysis, ریگ (reg) +‎ ـِستان (-istān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾeː.ɡɪs.t̪ɑːn/

Noun

ریگِسْتان • (registān) m (Hindi spelling रेगिस्तान)

1. desert

   Synonyms: صَحْرَا (sahrā), مَرُسْتَھل (marusthal)

   ریگستان میں بہت كم چیزیں اُگ سکتی ہیں۔

   registān mẽ bahot kam cīzẽ ug saktī h͠ai.

   Very few things can grow in the desert.

   صحرائے اعظم دنیا کا سب سے بڑا ریگستان ہے۔

   sahrā-e a'zam dunyā kā sab se baṛā registān hai.

   The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.