عیسوی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِيسَوِيّ (ʕīsawiyy).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔiː.sa.ˈwiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.sä.wíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.sä.wíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.sä.wí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.sæ.víː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.sä.ví]

Readings
Classical reading^?	īsawī
Dari reading^?	īsawī
Iranian reading^?	isavi
Tajik reading^?	isavi

Adjective

عیسوی • (isavi)

(archaic or Dari) Christian
Synonym: مسیحی (masihi)
relating to Jesus; of Jesus

Further reading

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

Urdu

Alternative forms

ء — abbreviation

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (īsawī), from Arabic عِيسَوِيّ (ʕīsawiyy, “of or relating to ʿĪsá, i.e. Jesus”).

Proper noun

عِیسْوی • ('īsvī) m (Hindi spelling ईसवी)

Christian Era (Gregorian calendar)

Synonyms

عِیسْوی سال ('īsvī sāl)
عِیسْوی سَن ('īsvī san)
عِیسْوی تَقْوِیم ('īsvī taqvīm)
گْریگورِیَن تَقْوِیم (gregoriyan taqvīm)

Adverb

عِیسْوی • ('īsvī) (Hindi spelling ईसवी)

CE (Christian Era), AD (Anno Domini)
Coordinate term: قَبْلِ مَسِیح (qabl-i masīh)