دیار

See also: ديار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic دِيَار (diyār), a plural form of دَار (dār).

Noun

دیار • (diyar)

country, land
Synonyms: اولكا (ülke), ایل (el, il), مملكت (memleket), یورت (yurt), یر (yer)

Descendants

Turkish: diyar

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic دِيَار (diyār), a plural form of دَار (dār).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [di.jɑːɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.jɑːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪i.jɑːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.jɔːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.jɒːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.jɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	diyār
Dari reading^?	diyār
Iranian reading^?	diyâr
Tajik reading^?	diyor

Noun

دیار • (diyâr)

country, land
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 96:
  آینه‏ی جان نیست الا روی یار
  روی آن یاری که باشد ز آن دیار
  āyina-i jān nīst alā rōy-i yār
  rōy-i yār-ē ki bāšad za ān diyār
  The soul's mirror is naught but the face of the friend,
  the face of that friend who is of yonder country (the spiritual land).
homeland

Descendants

→ Gujarati: દયાર (dayār)

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