کوریا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Korea, from Sino-Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).

Akin to Pashto and Urdu کوریا (koryā)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Dari reading? kōriyā

Proper noun

Dari کوریا
Iranian Persian کره
Tajik Корея, Қурия

کوریا • (kōriyā)

  1. (Dari) Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
    1. (less common) North Korea
    2. South Korea

Usage notes

  • While the Iranian standard spelling is sometimes used in Afghanistan, the Dari standard spelling is almost never used in Iran.

Derived terms

  • کوریایی (kōriyāyī) (Dari)
  • جُمْهُورِیِ دَموکْراتِیک خلْقِ کورِیا (jumhūrī-yi damōkrātīk xalq-i kōriyā) (Dari)
  • جُمهُورِی کورِیا (jumhūrī-yi kōriyā) (Dari)
  • شَبْه‌جَزِیرَهِٔ کورِیا (šabh-jazīra-i kōriyā) (Dari)
  • کورِیایِ جَنُوبِی (kōriyā-yi janūbī) (Dari)
  • کورِیایِ شُمالِی (kōriyā-yi šumālī) (Dari)

See also