ردیف

Azerbaijani

Noun

ردیف

1. Arabic spelling of rədif

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Noun

ردیف • (redîf)

1. one who rides behind another on the same beast
2. (poetry) radif
3. the reserve or militia of the regular Ottoman army

Descendants

• Turkish: redif

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ردیف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 971

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾa.ˈðiːf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.d̪íːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.d̪íːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rä.d̪íːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rä.d̪íf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæ.d̪íːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾä.d̪íf]

Readings
Classical reading?	raḏīf
Dari reading?	radīf
Iranian reading?	radif
Tajik reading?	radif

Noun

Dari	ردیف
Iranian Persian
Tajik	радиф

ردیف • (radīf)

1. one who rides behind another on the same horse
2. following one another in a row
3. auxiliary forces
4. a star near the Eagle; a star which rises when the one opposite sets
5. (poetry) radif

Descendants

• → English: radif

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ردیف”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Noun

رَدِیف • (radīf) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਰਦੀਫ਼)

1. (poetry) radif

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ردِیف”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾə.d̪iːf/

Noun

رَدِیف • (radīf) f (Hindi spelling रदीफ़)

1. (poetry) radif

Further reading

• “ردیف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.