زیارت

Ottoman Turkish

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Arabic زَارَ (zāra)

Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra)bor.

Ottoman Turkish زیارت

Borrowed from Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra).

Noun

زیارت • (ziyâret) (definite accusative زیارتی (ziyâreti), plural زیارتلر (ziyâretler))

1. visit, visitation, the act of habitually going to see a person or place as a guest, tourist, etc.

   Near-synonym: عیادت (ʼıyâdet)

2. (Islam) ziyarat, a non-obligatory pilgrimage to sites associated with the prophet Muhammad

Derived terms

• زیارت اوده‌مك (ziyâret ödemek, “to pay a visit”)
• زیارت ایتمك (ziyâret etmek, “to visit”)
• زیارتجی (ziyâretci, “visitor”)
• زیارتكاه (ziyâretgâh, “much visited place”)
• زیارتنامه (ziyâretnâme, “prayers handbook”)
• زیارته كتمك (ziyârete gitmek, “to go on a visit”)

Descendants

• Turkish: ziyaret

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “زیارت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 52
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ziyaret”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5492
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “ziyâret”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1432
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “زیارت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 652
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Visitatio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1772
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “زیارة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2494
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ziyaret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “زیارت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1021

Persian

Etymology

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Arabic زَارَ (zāra)

Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra)bor.

Persian زیارت

Borrowed from Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zi.jaː.ˈrat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑː.ɾát̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑː.ɾát̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑː.ɾát̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.jɔː.ɾát̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɒː.ɹǽt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɔ.ɾát̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ziyārat
Dari reading?	ziyārat
Iranian reading?	ziyârat
Tajik reading?	ziyorat

Noun

زیارت • (ziyārat / ziyârat) (Tajik spelling зиёрат)

1. pilgrimage (religious journey)
   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎^[6]:

     مردم بسیار آنجا به زیارت روند و تقّرب جویند و به خداوند سبحانه و تعالی، و عمارات و حوض‌ها ساخته‌اند آنجا.

     mardum bisyār ānjā ba ziyārat rawand u taqqarub jūyand u ba xudāwand subhānahu wa ta'alā, u imārāt u hawz-hā sāxta-and ānjā.

     Many people go there for pilgrimage and seek intimacy with the Lord, may He be praised and exalted, and many buildings and water basins have been built there.

2. (dated) visit

Urdu

Etymology

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Arabic زَارَ (zāra)

Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra)bor.

Classical Persian زِیَارَت (ziyārat)bor.

Urdu زیارت

Borrowed from Classical Persian زِیَارَت (ziyārat), borrowed from Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zɪ.jɑː.ɾət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

زِیارَت • (ziyārat) f (Hindi spelling ज़ियारत)

1. visit
2. pilgrimage

Ushojo

Etymology

From Pashto زيارت ورځ (zyārat wardz).

Noun

زیارت (zyārat)

1. Thursday