دریغ

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /di.ˈɾeːɣ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ɾéːɣ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ɾéːɣ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ɾéːɣ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪e.ɹíːɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ɾéʁ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dirēġ
Dari reading^?	dirēġ
Iranian reading^?	deriġ
Tajik reading^?	direġ

Noun

دریغ • (deriġ)

refusal to give, withholding, denial
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 91:
  ندارم جز نگاهی آرزو زان نرگس رعنا
  مدار از من دریغ این لطف را چنانکه بتوانی
  nadāram juz nigāhē ārzū z-ān nargis-i ra'nā
  madār az man dirēġ īn lutf rā činānki bitawānī
  I have no desire except for a single look from those fair narcissi[-like eyes of yours];
  Do not withhold this grace from me, insofar as you are able.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
regret, remorse

Interjection

دریغ • (deriġ)

synonym of (deriġâ, “alas”)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دریغ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim