دیار
See also: ديار
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دِيَار (diyār), a plural form of دَار (dār).
Noun
دیار • (diyar)
Descendants
- Turkish: diyar
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دِيَار (diyār), a plural form of دَار (dār).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /di.ˈjaːr/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪i.jɑːɾ]
- (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 • (diyār / diyâr) (Tajik spelling диёр)
- 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).
- āyina-i jān nīst alā rōy-i yār
- homeland