ثریا
See also: ثريا
Munji
Noun
ثریا (ŧaryā)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).
Proper noun
ثریا • (Süreyya)
- (astronomy) Pleiades
- a unisex given name from Arabic
Descendants
- Turkish: Süreyya
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ثریا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 624
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /su.raj.ˈjaː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sʊ.ɾäj.jɑ́ː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [so.ɹæj.jɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [su.ɾäj.jɔ́]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | surayyā |
| Dari reading? | surayyā |
| Iranian reading? | sorayyâ |
| Tajik reading? | surayyo |
Proper noun
ثریا • (surayyā / sorayyâ) (Tajik spelling Сурайё)
- (astronomy) Pleiades
- a female given name, Surayya, Sorayya, Soraya, Surayyo, or Suraya, from Arabic
Descendants
- → Chagatai:
- Uyghur: سۇرەييا (sureyya)
- Uzbek: Surayyo
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: सुरैया (suraiyā)
- Urdu: ثُرَیّا (suraiyā)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ثُرَیّا (surayyā), from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).
Proper noun
ثُرَیّا • (suraiyā) f (Hindi spelling सुरै्या)