दरिया

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دریا (daryā), from Middle Persian dlydʾp̄ (drayāb), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎹 (draya), from Proto-Iranian *jráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ráyas. Cognate with Sanskrit ज्रयस् (jrayas, expanse). Compare Bengali দরিয়া (doriẏa), Gujarati દરિયો (dariyo), Marathi दर्या (daryā), Punjabi ਦਰਿਆ (dariā), Santali ᱫᱚᱨᱭᱟ (dôrya).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ə.ɾɪ.jɑː/, [d̪ɐ.ɾi.jäː]

Noun

दरिया • (dariyām (Urdu spelling دریا)

  1. sea
  2. ocean
  3. river
    Synonym: नदी (nadī)

Declension

Declension of दरिया (masc ā-stem // masc unmarked ā-stem)
singular plural
direct दरिया
dariyā
दरिए, दरिये, दरिया
darie, dariye, dariyā
oblique दरिए, दरिये, दरिया
darie, dariye, dariyā
दरियों, दरियाओं
dariyõ, dariyāõ
vocative दरिए, दरिये, दरिया
darie, dariye, dariyā
दरियो, दरियाओ
dariyo, dariyāo

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