احیا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِحْيَاء (ʔiḥyāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔi.ˈhjɑːʔ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe.ˈhjɒː]

Readings
Classical reading?	ihyā'
Iranian reading?	ehyâ

Noun

احیا • (ehyâ)

1. resurrection, revival
   • c. 1120, Sanā'ī Ghaznawī, “Qaṣīda 148”, in دیوان سنایی‎^[1]:

     چو عیسی گر همی خواهی که مانی زنده جاویدان
     ز احیائت بساز اموات و از اموات احیا کن

     čū īsā gar hamē xwāhī ki mānī zinda jāwēdān
     zi ihyā'-at bisāz amwāt u az amwāt ihyā kun

     If you want to remain alive forever, like Jesus,
     Make [multiple] deaths [of the egoistic self] out of your resurrection, and resurrect [yourself] from the deaths.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (figurative) restoration, renewal

   احیای جنگل ― ehyâ-ye jangal ― reforestation

Derived terms

• احیا کردن (ehyâ kardan, “to revive”)

 

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “احیا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “احیا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian احیا (ihyā), itself from Arabic إِحْيَاء (ʔiḥyāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪɦ.jɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

اِحْیا • (iḥya) f (Hindi spelling इहया)

1. resurrection
2. revival; revitalization

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَحْيَاء (ʔaḥyāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əɦ.jɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

اَحْیا • (aḥya) f (Hindi spelling अहया)

1. the living
2. generation; race

References

• “احیا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “احیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.