گیا

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian (giyâh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɟəjaː/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	giya

گیا (giya)

plant
Synonym: ڕوەک (riwek)
grass

Derived terms

گیابڕ (giyabirr)
گیاجاڕ (giyacarr)
گیاخۆر (giyaxor)
گیادانوو (giyadanû)
گیامار (giyamar)
گیامسک (giyamisk)
گیاچا (giyaça)
گیاڕەش (giyarreş)
گیاکەن (giyaken)
گیایی (giyayî)

References

Hejar (1990), “گیا”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 738
Wahby, T.; Edmonds, C. J. (1966), “giya”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 55

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit गया (gayā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡə.jɑː/

Noun

گیا • (gayā) m (Hindi spelling गया)

Gaya (a city in Bihar, India)

References

Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “گیا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀅 (gaa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit गत (gatá, “gone”).

Verb

گیا • (gayā) (Hindi spelling गया)

masculine singular perfect adjectival of جانا (jānā): went, left
وہ گھر گیا۔ ― vo ghar gayā ― He went home.

Further reading

Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “گيا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.