دریغ

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [di.ˈɾeːɣ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ɾéːɣ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ɾéːɣ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.ɾéːɣ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ɾéːɣ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪e.ɹíːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ɾéʁ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dirēğ
Dari reading?	dirēğ
Iranian reading?	deriğ
Tajik reading?	direġ

Noun

دریغ • (deriğ)

1. refusal to give, withholding, denial
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 91:

     ندارم جز نگاهی آرزو زان نرگس رعنا
     مدار از من دریغ این لطف را چنانکه بتوانی

     nadāram juz nigāhē ārzū z-ān nargis-i ra'nā
     madār az man dirēğ īn lutf rā činānki bitawānī

     I have no desire except for a single look from those fair narcissi[-like eyes of yours];
     Do not withhold this grace from me, insofar as you are able.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. regret, remorse

Interjection

دریغ • (deriğ)

1. Synonym of دریغا (deriğâ, “alas”)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دریغ”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim