گریستن

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠griyistan⁠/). Compare Northern Kurdish girîn, Northern Luri گرێڤسن (gerêvesen).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡɪ.ɾiːs.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡɪ.ɾiːs.t̪ʰǽn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɡi.ɾis.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading? girīstan
Dari reading? girīstan
Iranian reading? geristan
Tajik reading? giristan

Verb

Dari گریستن
Iranian Persian
Tajik гиристан

گریستن • (geristan) (present stem گری (gery))

  1. (intransitive) to cry, to weep
    Synonyms: گریه کردن (gerye kardan), اشک ریختن (ašk rixtan)

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*garz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112