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احیا

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic إِحْيَاء (ʔiḥyāʔ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ihyā'
Iranian reading? ehyâ

Noun

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احیا (ehyâ)

  1. resurrection, revival
    • c. 1120, Sanā'ī Ghaznawī, “Qaṣīda 148”, in دیوان سنایی[1]:
      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)
  2. restoration, renewal
    احیای جنگلehyâ-ye jangalreforestation
    • 2022 September 19, “احیای برجام؛ روسیه: برخی مسائل حل‌نشده باقی مانده است”, in bbc.com/persian[2], BBC Persian:
      روسیه دوشنبه اعلام کرد که در مذاکرات احیای توافق هسته‌ای برجام «همچنان برخی از مسائل حل نشده باقی مانده است.»
      rusiye došambe e'lâm kard ke dar mozâkerât-e ehyâ-ye tavâfoq-e haste'i-ye barjâm "hamčenân barxi az masâ'el-e hal na-šode bâqi mânde ast."
      Russia announced on Monday that "some problems still remain unresolved" in the negotiations for the restoration of the JCPOA nuclear deal.

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Urdu

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اِحْیا (iḥyaf (Hindi spelling इहया)

  1. resurrection
  2. revival; revitalization

Etymology 2

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From Arabic أَحْيَاء (ʔaḥyāʔ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اَحْیا (aḥyaf (Hindi spelling अहया)

  1. the living
  2. generation; race

References

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  • 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.