دریا

دریا (daryā)

1. river

From Persian دریا (daryâ).

دریا • (derya)

1. (geography) river

   Synonym: ایرماق (ırmaq)

2. (geography) sea

   Synonym: دݣز (deŋiz)

دریا • (Derya)

1. a female given name, Derya or Darya

• Redhouse, J. W. (1884) “sea”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 667

• دریاب (daryâb) (obsolete)

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dlydʾp̄ /⁠drayāb⁠/, “sea”), a merger of āb (“water”) (whence آب (āb)) with Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎹 (d-r-y /⁠draya⁠/, “ocean, sea”), from Proto-Iranian *jráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ráyas, likely from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Northern Kurdish zrê, zerya (“sea”), Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬢𐬵 (zraiiaŋh, “sea”), Sanskrit ज्रयस् (jráyas, “expanse”).

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• (dialectal, Bushehr, Abadan) IPA^(key): [deɾˈjɒː] (deryâ)

دَرْیا • (daryâ) (plural دریاها)

1. sea; ocean

   Synonyms: اُقْیانوس (oqyânus, “ocean”), بَحْر (bahr, “sea”), زِراه (zerâh, “sea, ocean”)

   در کنار دریا ― dar kenâr-e daryâ ― on the seashore

   دریا در چرخه آب نقش دارد.

   daryâ dar čarxe-ye âb naqš dârad.

   The ocean plays a role in the water cycle.

   • c. 1320, Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, “Ghazal 3”, in دیوانِ امیرخسرو دهلوی [Divan of Amīr Khusraw]‎^[1]:

     ز عشق ار عاشقی میرد، گنه بر عشق ننهد کس
     که بهر غرقه کردن عیب نتوان کرد دریا را

     zi išq ar āšiqē mīrad gunah bar išq na-nihad kas
     ki bahr-i ġarqa kardan ayb na-tawan kard daryā rā

     If the lover dies of love, nobody holds love accountable,
     For one does not blame the sea when a person drowns.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

   • mid-1600s, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 1012”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[2]:

     با کمال احتیاج از خلق استغنا خوش است
     با دهان خشک مردن بر لب دریا خوش است

     bā kamāl-i ihtiyāj az xalq istiġnā xwaš ast
     bā dahān-i xušk mordan bar lab-i daryā xwaš ast

     To disdain people’s help at the utmost height of neediness is fitting;
     To die with a dry mouth at the shore of the ocean is fitting.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (tajik, obsolete in other dialects or fossilized) river

   Synonyms: رود (rud), رودْخانِه (rudxâne), نَهْر (nahr)

   آمو دریا ― âmu daryâ ― the River Oxus

   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Isfandiyār”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[3]:

     بدو گفت چون رستم پیلتن
     ندیده بود کس بهر انجمن
     دل شیر دارد تن ژنده پیل
     نهنگان برآرد ز دریای نیل

     bad-ō guft čōn rustam-i pīltan
     na-dīda būd kas ba har anjuman
     dil-i šēr dārad tan-i žanda pīl
     nahangān bar-ārad zi daryā-yi nīl

     He told him, "The elephant-bodied Rustam's like
     Has not been seen by anyone in any tribe.
     He has a lion's heart and a huge elephant's body,
     And he drags out the crocodiles from the River Nile."

     (Classical Persian romanization)

دَرْیا • (daryâ)

1. a female given name, Darya, from Middle Persian

• → Turkish: Derya

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “drayā(b)”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

From Classical Persian دریا (daryā).

دریا • (daryā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਰਿਆ)

1. (geography) river

• ندی (nadī)

From Classical Persian دریا (daryā, “sea, river”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əɾ.jɑː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

دَرْیا • (daryā) m (Hindi spelling दर्या)

1. river

   Synonyms: رُود (rūd), نَدی (nadī)

   وہ دریا کنارے کھڑی ہے

   vo daryā kināre khaṛī hai

   she is standing at the bank of the river

2. (literary) sea

   Synonyms: سَمَنْدَر (samandar), ساگَر (sāgar)

• دَرْیائی (daryāī)
• دَرْیاچَہ (daryāca)