گریان

Persian

Etymology

From (gery, present stem of (geristan)) +‎ (-ân).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡiɾ.ˈjaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɪɾ.jɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡɪɾ.jɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡiɾ.jɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲeɹ.jɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡiɾ.jɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	giryān
Dari reading^?	giryān
Iranian reading^?	geryân
Tajik reading^?	giryon

Adjective

گریان • (geryân)

weeping; in tears
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 2304:
  هین که آن که کوهها بر کنده است
  زو جهان گریان و او در خنده است‏
  hīn ki ān kah kōh-hā bar kanda-st
  z-ō jahān giryan u ō dar xanda-st
  Beware! for that straw has uprooted mountains:
  through it the world is weeping, while it (the straw) is in laughter.

Related terms

گریه (gerye)