دەريا

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic دەريا
Latin derya‍
Cyrillic дәрия (deriya)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai دریا (dryā), from Classical Persian دریا (daryā), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dlydʾp̄ /⁠drayāb⁠/, “sea”). Cognate with Uzbek daryo, etc:

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛr.jɑ/

Noun

دەريا • (derya) (plural دەريالار (deryalar))

  1. river
    دەريا بويلاپ ماڭدىم.
    Derya boylap mangdim.
    I walked along the river.

Adjective

دەريا • (derya)

  1. vast, large

Usage notes

The last vowel "a" does not change when a suffix is added.

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