احیا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِحْيَاء (ʔiḥyāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔi.ˈhjɑːʔ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe.ˈhjɒː]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ihyā'

Iranian reading^?	ehyâ

Noun

احیا • (ehyâ)

resurrection, revival
- c. 1120, Sanā'ī Ghaznawī, “Qaṣīda 148”, in دیوان سنایی‎:
  چو عیسی گر همی خواهی که مانی زنده جاویدان
  ز احیائت بساز اموات و از اموات احیا کن
  čū īsā gar hamē xwāhī ki mānī zinda jāwēdān
  zi ihyā'-at bisāz amwāt u az amwāt ihyā kun
  If you want to remain alive forever, like Jesus,
  Make [multiple] deaths [of the egoistic self] out of your resurrection, and resurrect [yourself] from the deaths.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
(figurative) restoration, renewal
― ehyâ-ye jangal ― reforestation

Derived terms

احیا کردن (ehyâ kardan, “to revive”)

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “احیا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “احیا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ihyā), itself from Arabic إِحْيَاء (ʔiḥyāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪɦ.jɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

اِحْیا • (iḥya) f (Hindi spelling इहया)

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَحْيَاء (ʔaḥyāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əɦ.jɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

اَحْیا • (aḥya) f (Hindi spelling अहया)

the living
generation; race

References

“احیا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“احیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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