دیگر

See also: دیكر

Persian

Alternative forms

دگر (digar / degar) (poetic)
دیگه (dīga / dige) (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (dtykl /⁠dūdīgar⁠/, “second”),^[1] from Proto-Iranian *dwitī́yakarah, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /diː.ˈɡaɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.ɡǽɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.ɡǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ɡǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.ɡʲǽɹ]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.ɡʲé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ɡǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dīgar
Dari reading^?	dīgar
Iranian reading^?	digar
Tajik reading^?	digar

Adverb

دیگر • (dīgar / digar) (Tajik spelling дигар)

other
ye gušvâre ro peidâ kardam, un yeki dige kojâst?
I found one earring, where's that other one?
another, more
gozarnâme man panj sâl dige etebâr dâre.
My passport will stay valid for five more years.
next
âlbume jadideš sâle dige montašer miše.
His/Her new album will be released next year.
no more
anymore
any longer
already (An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Derived terms

دگرگون (degargun, “different”)
- دگرگون کردن (degargun kardan, “to change, to transform”)
- دگرگونی (degarguni, “transformation”)
دیگر بودن (digar budan, “to differ, to be different”)
دیگر کردن (digar kardan, “to change, to modify”)
همدیگر (ham-digar)
یکدیگر (yek-digar)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: digər
→ Bengali: দিগর (digor)
→ Chinese: 底蓋爾 / 底盖尔 (dǐgài'ěr)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: दीगर (dīgar)

Urdu: دیگر (dīgar)
→ Ottoman Turkish: دیگر (diger)
- Turkish: diğer
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਡੀਗਰ (ḍīgar)

Shahmukhi script: ڈیگر (ḍīgar)

References

^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 115

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (dīgar).

Adjective

دیگر • (dīgar) (Hindi spelling दीगर)

Synonyms

دوسرا