ریگستان

Persian

Dari	ریگستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	регистон

Etymology

From ریگ (rêg) +‎ ـستان (-estân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾeː.ɡis.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ri.ɡis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹiː.ɡʲes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾe.ɡis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	rēgistān
Dari reading?	rēgistān
Iranian reading?	rigestân
Tajik reading?	registon

Noun

ریگستان • (rêgestân) (plural ریگستان‌ها (rêgestân-hâ))

1. sandy place, desert

   Synonyms: ریگزار (rêgzâr), ریگ‌بوم (rêg-bum)

Descendants

• Gujarati: રેગિસ્તાન (registān)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रेगिस्तान (registān)

  Urdu: ریگستان (registān)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰੇਗਿਸਤਾਨ (registān)

  Shahmukhi script: ریگستان (registān)

Proper noun

ریگستان • (rêgestân)

1. Registan, medieval plaza of Samarqand
2. Registan Desert, Afghanistan

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ریگستان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریگستان (rēgistān).

Noun

ریگِسْتان • (registān) m (Hindi spelling रेगिस्तान)

1. desert

   ریگستان میں بہت كم چیزیں اُگ سکتی ہیں۔

   registān mẽ bahot kam cīzẽ ug saktī h͠ai.

   Very few things can grow in the desert.

   صحارا دنیا کا سب سے بڑا ریگستان ہے ۔

   sahārā duniyā kā sab se baṛā registān hai.

   The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.

Synonyms

• صَحْرَا (sahrā)
• مَرُسْتَھل (marusthal)

Related terms

• ریگ (reg)