جغرافیا

See also: جغرافيا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُغْرَافِيَا (juḡrāfiyā), from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía, “a description of the earth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuɣ.ɾɑː.fi.jɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊɣ.ɾɑː.fi.jɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊɣ.ɾɑː.fi.jɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊɣ.ɾɑː.fi.jɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuɣ.ɾɔː.fi.jɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoɢ.ɹɒː.fi.jɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuʁ.ɾɔ.fi.jɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	juğrāfiyā
Dari reading?	juğrāfiyā
Iranian reading?	joğrâfiyâ
Tajik reading?	juġrofiyo

Noun

Dari	جغرافیه
Iranian Persian	جغرافیا
Tajik	ҷуғрофия

جغرافیا • (joğrâfiyâ) (chiefly Iran)

1. geography

   Synonym: گیتاشناسی (gitâ-šenâsi)

Derived terms

• جغرافیادان (joğrâfiyâdân)
• جغرافیایی (joğrâfiyâyi)

Descendants

• Tajik: ҷуғрофия (juġrofiya)
• → Bashkir: йәғрәфиә (yəğrəfiə)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جغرافیا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جغرافیا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul