فریاد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (plydʾt' /⁠frayād⁠/, “help; succor”) (with semantic shifts “help” > “cry for help” > “shout; cry”), from Proto-Iranian *fra- (“pro-”) + *yat- (“to go, reach, approach, take position”),[1] the latter from *yat- (“to reach, take position”), from Proto-Indo-European *yet- (“to bring, conform, support”) and cognate with Sanskrit यत् (yat, “to line up, take up a position, place in order”), Latin nītor (“support oneself, brace oneself”), Tocharian A yät- (“to adorn”), Ancient Greek ὅσιος (hósios, “just, fair”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fäɾ.jɑːd̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fäɾ.jɑːd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fäɾ.jɔːd̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? faryāḏ
Dari reading? faryād
Iranian reading? faryâd
Tajik reading? faryod

Noun
Dari فریاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik фарёд

فریاد • (faryâd) (plural فریادها (faryâd-hâ))

  1. cry; shout
  2. lamentation

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: fəryad
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فریاد (feryâd)
    • Turkish: feryat
  • → Telugu: ఫిర్యాదు (phiryādu)
  • → Tamil: பிராது (pirātu)

References
  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 214

Urdu

Pronunciation

Noun

فریاد • (faryād) f (Hindi spelling फ़रयाद)

  1. cry; shout, crying out for help or succour
  2. lamentation, complaint, plaint, supplication
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