الغیاث

Persian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic الْغِيَاث (al-ḡiyāṯ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔal.ɣi.ˈjɑːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.ɣi.jɑ́ːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.ɣi.jɑ́ːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.ɣi.jɑ́ːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.ɣi.jɔ́ːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæl.ɢi.jɒ́ːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.ʁi.jɔ́s]

Readings
Classical reading?	alğiyās
Dari reading?	alğiyās
Iranian reading?	alğiyâs
Tajik reading?	alġiyos

Interjection

الغیاث • (al-ğiyâs)

1. (obsolete) help!
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 96”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     درد ما را نیست درمان الغیاث
     هجر ما را نیست پایان الغیاث

     dard-i mā rā nēst darmān al-ğiyās
     hajr-i mā rā nēst pāyān al-ğiyās

     Our pain has no cure, help!
     Our separation has no end, help!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “الغیاث”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim