See also: جزيرة and جزیرہ

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra, island).

Noun edit

جزیره (cezire) (plural جزایر)

  1. island, an area of land totally surrounded by water
    Synonym: آطه (ada)

Descendants edit

  • > Turkish: cezire (inherited)

Further reading edit

Persian edit

 
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Dari جزیره
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷазира

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra). Displaced native گنگ (gang), خوست (xast), آبخوست (âb-xast).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? jazīra
Dari reading? jazīra
Iranian reading? jazire
Tajik reading? jazira

Noun edit

جَزیرِه (jazire) (plural جزایر (jazâyer) or جزیره‌ها (jazire-hâ))

  1. island
    Synonyms: گنگ (gang), خوست (xast), آبخوست (âb-xast)

Descendants edit