# دریا
## Munji
### Noun

دریا (daryā)
* river

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Persian دریا (daryâ).

### Noun

دریا • (derya)
* (geography) river
    Synonym: ایرماق (ırmaq)
* (geography) sea
    Synonym: دݣز (deŋiz)

### Proper noun

دریا • (Derya)
* a female given name, Derya or Darya

### References

* Redhouse, J. W. (1884) “sea”, in A Lexicon, English and Turkish, 3rd edition, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 667

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* دریاب (daryâb) (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dlydʾp̄ /⁠drayāb⁠/, “sea”), a merger of āb (“water”) (whence آب (āb)) with Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎹 (d-r-y /⁠draya⁠/, “ocean, sea”), from Proto-Iranian *jráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ráyas, likely from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Northern Kurdish zrê, zerya (“sea”), Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬢𐬵 (zraiiaŋh, “sea”), Sanskrit ज्रयस् (jráyas, “expanse”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [daɾ.ˈjɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪äɾ.jɑ́ː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪äɾ.jɑ́ː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪äɾ.jɑ́ː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪äɾ.jɔ́ː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪æɹ.jɒ́ː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪äɾ.jɔ́]
* Audio (Iran):(file)
* (dialectal, Bushehr) IPA: [deɾˈjɒː]

### Noun

دَرْیا • (daryâ) (plural دریاها (daryâ-hâ))
* sea; ocean
    Synonyms: اُقْیانوس (oqyânus, “ocean”), بَحْر (bahr, “sea”), زِراه (zerâh, “sea, ocean”)
    در کنار دریا ― dar kenâr-e daryâ ― on the seashore
    دریا در چرخه آب نقش دارد.daryâ dar čarxe-ye âb naqš dârad.The ocean plays a role in the water cycle.
** c. 1320, Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, “Ghazal 3”, in دیوانِ امیرخسرو دهلوی [Divan of Amīr Khusraw]‎:ز عشق ار عاشقی میرد، گنه بر عشق ننهد کس که بهر غرقه کردن عیب نتوان کرد دریا راzi išq ar āšiqē mīrad gunah bar išq na-nihad kas ki bahr-i ğarqa kardan ayb na-tawan kard daryā rāIf the lover dies of love, nobody holds love accountable, For one does not blame the sea when a person drowns.(Classical Persian transliteration)
** mid-1600s, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 1012”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎:با کمال احتیاج از خلق استغنا خوش است با دهان خشک مردن بر لب دریا خوش استbā kamāl-i ihtiyāj az xalq istiğnā xwaš ast bā dahān-i xušk mordan bar lab-i daryā xwaš astTo disdain people’s help at the utmost height of neediness is fitting; To die with a dry mouth at the shore of the ocean is fitting.(Classical Persian transliteration)
* (obsolete or fossilized) river
    Synonyms: رود (rud), رودْخانِه (rudxâne), نَهْر (nahr)
    آمو دریا ― âmu daryâ ― the River Oxus
** c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Isfandiyār”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:بدو گفت چون رستم پیلتن ندیده بود کس بهر انجمن دل شیر دارد تن ژنده پیل نهنگان برآرد ز دریای نیلbad-ō guft čōn rustam-i pīltan na-dīda būd kas ba har anjuman dil-i šēr dārad tan-i žanda pīl nahangān bar-ārad zi daryā-yi nīlHe told him, "The elephant-bodied Rustam's like Has not been seen by anyone in any tribe. He has a lion's heart and a huge elephant's body, And he drags out the crocodiles from the River Nile."(Classical Persian romanization)

#### Derived terms

* آمو دریا (âmu daryâ)
* دریائی (daryâ'i, “marine”)
* دریابان (daryâ-bân)
* دریازده (daryâ-zade)
* دریانورد (daryâ-navard)
* دریانوردی (daryâ-navardi)
* دریاچه (daryâče, “lake”)
* دریاکنار (daryâ-kenâr)
* دریایی (daryâyi, “marine”)
* دل به دریا زدن (del be daryâ zadan)
* سیر دریا (sir daryâ)

#### Borrowed terms

* → Assamese: দৰিয়া (doria)
* → Azerbaijani: dərya
* → Bengali: দরিয়া (doriẏa)
* → Gujarati: દરિયો (dariyo)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: दर्या (daryā)
    Urdu: دَرْیا (daryā)
* → Kashmiri: دریا (dryā)
* → Kazakh:
    Arabic script: داريا, دايرا
    Cyrillic script: дария (dariä), дайра (daira)
* → Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: derya, derîya, deriya
    Central Kurdish: دەریا (derya)
* → Kyrgyz: дарыя (darıya)
* → Ottoman Turkish: دریا (deryâ)
** Turkish: derya
* → Pashto: درياب (daryā́b, “sea; lake”)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਦਰਿਆ (dariā)
    Shahmukhi script: دریا (daryā)
* → Talysh:
    Central Talysh, Southern Talysh: دریا (daryā)
    Northern Talysh: dərya (daryā)
* → Turkmen: derýa
* → Uyghur: دەريا (derya)
* → Uzbek: daryo

### Proper noun

دَرْیا • (daryâ)
* a female given name, Darya, from Middle Persian

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: Derya

### References

* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “drayā(b)”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

## Punjabi
### Etymology

From Classical Persian دریا (daryā).

### Noun

دریا • (daryā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਰਿਆ)
* (geography) river

#### Synonyms

* ندی (nadī)

## Urdu
### Etymology

From Classical Persian دریا (daryā, “sea, river”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d̪əɾ.jɑː/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː

### Noun

دَرْیا • (daryā) m (Hindi spelling दर्या)
* river
    Synonyms: رُود (rūd), نَدی (nadī)
    وہ دریا کنارے کھڑی ہےvo daryā kināre khaṛī haishe is standing at the bank of the river
* (literary) sea
    Synonyms: سَمَنْدَر (samandar), ساگَر (sāgar)

#### Derived terms

* دَرْیائی (daryāī)
* دَرْیاچَہ (daryāca)