ضریح

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَرِيح (ḍarīḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /za.ˈriːh/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾíːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾíːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæ.ɹíːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾíʱ]

• Rhymes: -iːh

Readings
Classical reading?	zarīh
Dari reading?	zarīh
Iranian reading?	zarih
Tajik reading?	zarih

Noun

ضریح • (zarih)

1. raised sepulcher (usually for the tombs of saintly people)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “ضریح”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim