پیام

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian (payâm).

Noun

پیام • (peyam)

news
message

Related terms

پیامآوار (peyamaver, “messenger”)
پیامبر (peyamber, “messenger; prophet”)

Further reading

Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “peyam”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پیام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 330a

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈjaːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.jɑ́ːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰä.jɑ́ːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰä.jɔ́ːm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæ.jɒ́ːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.jɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading^?	payām
Dari reading^?	payām
Iranian reading^?	payâm
Tajik reading^?	payom

Noun


Iranian Persian	پَیام
Dari	پَیام
Tajik	паём

پیام • (payâm) (plural پیام‌ها)

alternative form of (peyġâm): message
― payâm-e tabrik-e tavallod ― birthday congratulation message
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 6”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[2]:
  همه شب در این امیدم که نسیم صبحگاهی
  به پیام آشنایان بنوازد آشنا را
  hama šab dar în omêd-am ki nasîm-i subhgâhî
  ba payâm-i âšinâyân binawâzad âšinâ râ
  All through the night, I have this hope that the morning breeze
  Will caress the lover in the message of lovers.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)

Derived terms

پیامبر (payâmbar)
پیامک (payâmak)
پیام‌آور (payâm-âvar)

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	پیام
Dari	پیام
Tajik	Паём

پیام • (payâm)

a male given name, Payam