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Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic زِيَادَة (ziyāda).
- زیادت (ziyādat) (dated spelling)
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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ziyāḏ
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| Dari reading?
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ziyād
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| Iranian reading?
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ziyâd
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| Tajik reading?
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ziyod
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Adjective
زیاد • (ziyâd) (comparative زیادتَر (ziyâd-tar), superlative زیادتَرین (ziyâd-tarin))
- much; a lot
- many; several
- too; too much
زیاد خوردم.- ziyâd xordam.
- I ate too much.
Usage notes
The Persian comparative and superlative forms زیادتر (ziyâd-tar) and زیادترین (ziyâd-tarin) are somewhat colloquial.
Commonly used terms are the native بیشتر (bištar) and بیشترین (bištarin) in the Persian comparative and superlative forms.
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Etymology 2
From زیستن (zistan, “to live, to survive”).
Pronunciation
Verb
زیاد • (ziyâd) (optative, infinitive زیستن)
- (archaic) May (someone) live!; Long live (someone)!