جغرافیا

See also: جغرافيا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُغْرَافِيَا (juḡrāfiyā), from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía, “a description of the earth”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuɣ.ɾaː.fi.ˈjaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊɣ.ɾɑː.fi.jɑː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊɣ.ɾɑː.fi.jɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuɣ.ɾɔː.fi.jɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoɢ.ɹɒː.fi.jɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuʁ.ɾɔ.fi.jɔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	juġrāfiyā
Dari reading^?	juġrāfiyā
Iranian reading^?	joġrâfiyâ
Tajik reading^?	juġrofiyo

Noun


Dari	جغرافیه
Iranian Persian	جغرافیا
Tajik	ҷуғрофия

جغرافیا • (joġrâfiyâ) (chiefly Iran)

geography
Synonym: گیتاشناسی (gitâ-šenâsi)

Derived terms

جغرافیادان (joġrâfiyâdân)
جغرافیایی (joġrâfiyâyi)

Descendants

Tajik: ҷуғрофия (juġrofiya)
→ Bashkir: йәғрәфиә (yəğrəfiə)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جغرافیا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جغرافیا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul