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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كِرْيَاس (kiryās). In Arabic, this is a rooftop privy whose contents fall outside the house; however, in Persian, the meaning was changed early on to refer to the place where the contents would fall, i.e. immediately outside the gate.
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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kiryās
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| Dari reading?
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kiryās
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| Iranian reading?
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keryâs
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| Tajik reading?
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kiryos
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Noun
کریاس • (keryâs)
- threshold; vestibule; doorsill
c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Isfandiyār”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]:به کریاس گفت ای سرای امید
خنک روز کاندر تو بد جمشید
همایون بدی گاه کاوس کی
همان روز کی خسرو نیکپی- ba kiryās guft ay sarāy-i ummēd
xunak rōz k-andar tu bud jamšēd
humāyūn budī gāh-i kāwus kay
hamān rōz kay xusraw-i nēk-pay - He said at the threshold: "O residence of hope!
"Blessed were the days when Jamshēd was within you,
"You were august in the age of Kay Kāwus,
"And in the days of Kay Khusraw, of fortunate steps."