جریان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جَرَيَان (jarayān).

Noun

جریان • (cereyan)

  1. course, flow, current (of liquid, electricity, events, etc.)

Descendants

  • Turkish: cereyan
  • Crimean Tatar: ceryan
  • → Laz: ჯერჲანი (ceryani)
  • → Northern Kurdish: ceyran

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “cereyan”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَيَان (jarayān).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? jiryān, jaryān
Iranian reading? jariyân
Tajik reading? jarayon
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari جریان
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷараён

جریان • (jariyân) (plural جریانات (jariyânât))

  1. course, flow, current (of liquid, electricity, etc.)
    جریان هوا ― jariyân-e havâ ― current of air
    جریان خون ― jariyân-e xun ― flow of blood
    • 1600s, Fayz-i Kāshānī, “Ghazal 515”, in دیوان فیض کاشانی‎[1]:
      عشق در کوی زمین افتادگی است
      عشق در انهار جریان سریع
      išq dar kōy zamīn uftādagī ast
      išq dar anhār jiryān-i sarī'
      Love means falling prostrate in the alleyway,
      Love means a rapid current in the rivers.
  2. (figurative) trend, flow, course (of events, thoughts, etc.)
    جریان فکری ― jariyân-e fekri ― intellectual trend
    جریان جنگ ― jariyân-e jang ― course of the war
    جریان سیاسی ― jariyân-e siyâsi ― political trend
  3. (figurative) things going on
    جریان چیه؟ ― jariyân čiy-e? ― What's going on? What's the matter?
    در جریان قرار دادن ― dar jariyân qarâr dâdan ― to keep someone in the loop
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