ضیا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ضِيَاء (ḍiyāʔ).

Noun

ضیا • (ziya)

1. light

Descendants

• Turkish: ziya

Proper noun

ضیا • (Ziya)

1. a male given name from Arabic

Descendants

• Turkish: Ziya

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ziya”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5491
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ziya1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1216
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic ضِيَاء (ḍiyāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zi.jɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.jɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.jɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ziyā
Dari reading?	ziyā
Iranian reading?	ziyâ
Tajik reading?	ziyo

Noun

Dari	ضیا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зиё

ضیا • (ziyâ)

1. light

Proper noun

Dari	ضیا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Зиё

ضیا • (ziyâ)

1. a male given name, Ziya, from Arabic