زیاد

Borrowed from Arabic زِيَادَة (ziyāda).

• زیادت (ziyādat) (dated spelling)

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زیاد • (ziyâd) (comparative زیادتَر, superlative زیادتَرین)

1. much; a lot
2. many; several
3. too; too much

   زیاد خوردم.

   ziyâd xordam.

   I ate too much.

The Persian comparative and superlative forms زیادتر (ziyâd-tar) and زیادترین (ziyâd-tarin) are somewhat colloquial.

Commonly used terms are the native بیشتر (bištar) and بیشترین (bištarin) in the Persian comparative and superlative forms.

• زیاده (ziyâde)

From زیستن (zistan, “to live, to survive”).

• IPA^(key): /ziːˈjɒːd/

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زیاد • (ziyâd) (optative, infinitive زیستن)

1. (archaic) May (someone) live!; Long live (someone)!