ریا
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رِيَاء (riyāʔ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ɾi.ˈjaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ri.jɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹi.jɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾi.jɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | riyā |
| Dari reading? | riyā |
| Iranian reading? | riyâ |
| Tajik reading? | riyo |
Noun
| Dari | ریا |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | рийо |
ریا • (riyâ)
- hypocrisy, dissimulation
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3392:
- کاین نمازم را میامیز ای خدا
با نماز ضالین و اهل ریا- kên namâz-am râ may-amîz ay xudâ
bâ namâz-i-zâlin u ahl-i-riyâ - That is to say, “O God, do not mingle my prayer
with the prayer of the erring and the hypocrites.”
- kên namâz-am râ may-amîz ay xudâ
Related terms
- ریاکار (riyâkâr)
- ریاکاری (riyâkâri)
References
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ریا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim