زیاد

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ziyād
Dari reading? ziyād
Iranian reading? ziyâd
Tajik reading? ziyod
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Etymology 1

Back-formation from زیاده (ziyāda / ziyâde), from Arabic زِيَادَة (ziyāda).

Adjective

زیاد • (ziyād / ziyâd) (comparative زیادتَر, superlative زیادتَرین, Tajik spelling зиёд)

  1. much; a lot
  2. many; several
  3. too; too much
    زیاد خوردم.
    ziyâd xordam.
    I ate too much.
Usage notes

The Persian comparative and superlative forms زیادتر (ziyād-tar / ziyâd-tar) and زیادترین (ziyād-tarīn / ziyâd-tarin) are somewhat colloquial.

Commonly used terms are the native بیشتر (bēštar / bištar) and بیشترین (bēštarin / bištaren) in the Persian comparative and superlative forms.

Synonyms
Derived terms
  • زیاد شدن (ziyād šudan / ziyâd šodan)
  • زیاد کردن (ziyād kardan / ziyâd kardan)
Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ز ي د (0 c, 4 e)

Etymology 2

From زیستن (zīstan / zistan, “to live, to survive”).

Verb

زیاد • (ziyād / ziyâd) (Tajik spelling зиёд)

  1. (archaic) long live ... !
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