دریای مرده

Persian

Etymology

From (daryâ, “sea”) +‎ (morde, “dead”), a calque of Arabic الْبَحْر الْمَيِّت (al-baḥr al-mayyit).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /daɾ.ˈjaː.ji muɾ.ˈda/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.jɑ́ː.jɪ mʊɾ.d̪ǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.jɑ́ː.jɪ mʊɾ.d̪ǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.jɔ́ː.ji muɾ.d̪ǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æɹ.jɒ́ː.je moɹ.d̪é]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.jɔ́.ji muɾ.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	daryā-yi murda
Dari reading^?	daryā-yi murda
Iranian reading^?	daryâ-ye morde
Tajik reading^?	daryo-yi murda

Proper noun

دریای مرده • (daryâ-ye morde)

Dead Sea (a lake in the Middle East in Palestine and Jordan, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest land-based elevation on Earth)