فریاد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (plydʾt' /⁠frayād⁠/, “help; succor”) (with semantic shifts “help” > “cry for help” > “shout; cry”), from Proto-Iranian *fra- (“pro-”) + *yat- (“to go, reach, approach, take position”), the latter from *yat- (“to reach, take position”), from Proto-Indo-European *yet- (“to bring, conform, support”) and cognate with Central Kurdish فریا (firya), Sanskrit यत् (yat, “to line up, take up a position, place in order”), Latin nītor (“support oneself, brace oneself”), Tocharian A yät- (“to adorn”), Ancient Greek ὅσιος (hósios, “just, fair”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /far.ˈjaːd/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.jɑːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.jɑːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.jɑːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.jɔːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.jɒːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.jɔd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	faryād
Dari reading?	faryād
Iranian reading?	faryâd
Tajik reading?	faryod

Noun

Dari	فریاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фарёд

فریاد • (faryād / faryâd) (plural فریادها (faryād-hā / faryâd-hâ), Tajik spelling фарёд)

1. cry; shout; outcry
2. lamentation
3. (rare or poetic) seeking help, seeking justice

Derived terms

• فریاد خواستن (faryâd xâstan)
• فریاد رسیدن (faryâd resîdan)
• فریاد زدن (faryâd zadan)
• فریاد کردن (faryâd kardan)

Descendants

• → Ahirani: फिरयाद (phiryād), फिर्याद (phiryād)
• → Bengali: ফরিয়াদ (phoriẏad)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: फ़रयाद (faryād)
  • Urdu: فَرْیَاد (faryād)
    • → Tamil: பிராது (pirātu)
• → Old Marathi: 𑘣𑘨𑘰𑘟𑘲 (pharādī)
  • Marathi: फिर्याद (phiryād)
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: فریاد (feryād)
  • Azerbaijani: fəryad
  • Ottoman Turkish: فریاد (feryâd)
    • Turkish: feryat
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਰਿਆਦ (fariāda)

  Shahmukhi script: فَرْیَاد (faryād)

• → Telugu: ఫిర్యాదు (phiryādu)
• → Varhadi: फर्याद (pharyād), फरयाद (pharyād)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَرْیَاد (faryād).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fəɾ.jɑːd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd̪

Noun

فَرْیَاد • (faryād) f (Hindi spelling फ़रयाद)

1. cry; shout, crying out for help or succour
2. lamentation, complaint, plaint, supplication

Related terms

• فَرْیَاد کَرْنا (faryād karnā, “to lament, complain”)

Descendants

• → Tamil: பிராது (pirātu)