دیار

See also: ديار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

دیار • (diyar)

1. country, land

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

Descendants

• Turkish: diyar

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.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
Iranian reading?	diyâr
Tajik reading?	diyor

Noun

دیار • (diyâr)

1. 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).

2. homeland

Descendants

• → Gujarati: દયાર (dayār)