ریگستان

Persian

Etymology

From ریگ (rêg, “sand”) +‎ ـستان (-estân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾeː.ɡis.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ri.ɡis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹiː.ɡʲes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾe.ɡis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	rēgistān
Dari reading?	rēgistān
Iranian reading?	rigestân
Tajik reading?	registon

Noun

Dari	ریگستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	регистон

ریگستان • (rêgestân) (plural ریگستان‌ها (rêgestân-hâ))

1. sandy place, desert

   Synonyms: ریگزار (rêgzâr), ریگ‌بوم (rêg-bum)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: રેગિસ્તાન (registān)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रेगिस्तान (registān)

  Urdu: ریگستان (registān)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰੇਗਿਸਤਾਨ (registān)

  Shahmukhi script: ریگستان (registān)

• → Uzbek: registon

Proper noun

Dari	ریگستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Регистон

ریگستان • (rêgestân)

1. Registan, medieval plaza of Samarqand
2. Registan Desert, Afghanistan

Descendants

• → English: Registan
• → Uzbek: Registon

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ریگستان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریگِسْتَان (rēgistān). By surface analysis, ریگ (reg) +‎ ـِستان (-istān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾeː.ɡɪs.t̪ɑːn/

Noun

ریگِسْتان • (registān) m (Hindi spelling रेगिस्तान)

1. desert

   Synonyms: صَحْرَا (sahrā), مَرُسْتَھل (marusthal)

   ریگستان میں بہت كم چیزیں اُگ سکتی ہیں۔

   registān mẽ bahot kam cīzẽ ug saktī h͠ai.

   Very few things can grow in the desert.

   صحرائے اعظم دنیا کا سب سے بڑا ریگستان ہے۔

   sahrā-e a'zam dunyā kā sab se baṛā registān hai.

   The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.