giryə

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		ҝирјә
Abjad		گریه

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گریه (girya). Cognate with Ottoman Turkish كریه (girye).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟirˈjæ]
• Hyphenation: gir‧yə

Noun

giryə (definite accusative giryəni, plural giryələr)

1. (Classical Azerbaijani) cry, sob

   Synonym: ağlama

   • 1912, Mirza Ali-Akbar Taherzade Saber, Hophopname‎^[1], 4th edition, volume 2, Sharq-Qarb Publishing House, published 2004, archived from the original on 13 June 2013, page 23:

     Giryə də var, naləvü əfğan da var, nimcan...

     There is also a cry, there is also a groan and a scream, an exhausted soul...

2. (Classical Azerbaijani) tear

   Synonyms: göz yaşı, əşk

Derived terms

• giryə etmək (“to cry”)

Further reading

• “giryə” in Obastan.com.