दरिया

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Hindi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دریا (daryā), from Middle Persian dlydʾp̄ (drayāb), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎹 (draya), from Proto-Iranian *jráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ráyas. Cognate with Sanskrit ज्रयस् (jrayas, expanse). Compare Bengali দরিয়া (doriẏa), Gujarati દરિયો (dariyo), Marathi दर्या (daryā), Punjabi ਦਰਿਆ (dariā), Santali ᱫᱚᱨᱭᱟ (dôrya).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ə.ɾɪ.jɑː/,

Noun

दरिया (dariyām (Urdu spelling دریا)

  1. sea
  2. ocean
  3. river
    Synonym: नदी (nadī)

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