معیار

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِعْيَار (miʕyār).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [me̞ʔ.jɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [meː.jɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [meː.jɔ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? mi'yār
Dari reading? me'yār
Iranian reading? me'yâr
Tajik reading? meʾyor

Noun

معیار • (me'yâr) (plural معیارها (me'yâr-hâ))

  1. standard; criterion

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مِعْیَار (mi'yār), from Arabic مِعْيَار (miʕyār).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mɪʕ.jɑːɾ/, /mɪʔ.jɑːɾ/, [me.jɑːɾ]
  • (Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key): [mə.jɑːɾ]
    • (formal) IPA(key): [mɑ.jɑːɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
  • Hyphenation: مِع‧یَار

Noun

مِعْیَار • (mi'yār) m (formal plural مِعْیَارَات (mi'yārāt), Hindi spelling मेयार)

  1. standard, quality
  2. rule; regulation; criterion
  3. style; way
  4. touchstone; standard of measure
  5. scale; measure
  6. example; a good attribute (ie. of a person)
    Synonyms: خُوبی (xūbī), کَمال (kamāl)

Declension
Declension of معیار
singular plural
direct مِعْیَار (mi'yār) مِعْیَار (mi'yār)
oblique مِعْیَار (mi'yār) مِعْیَاروں (mi'yārō̃)
vocative مِعْیَار (mi'yār) مِعْیَارو (mi'yārō)

Further reading
  • “معیار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “معیار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “معيار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 598
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “معيار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1050
  • John Shakespear (1834) “معیار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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