عاریت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَارِيَة (ʕāriya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾi.ˈjat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾi.jǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾi.jǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾi.jǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ɾi.jǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɹi.jǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ɾi.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	āriyat
Dari reading?	āriyat
Iranian reading?	âriyat
Tajik reading?	oriyat

Noun

عاریت • (âriyat)

1. something borrowed or lent; loan

   Synonym: قرض (qarz)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 351”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     این جان عاریت که به حافظ سپرد دوست
     روزی رخش ببینم و تسلیم وی کنم

     īn jān-i āriyat ki ba hāfiz sipurd dōst
     rōzē ruxaš bibēnam u taslīm-i way kunam

     One day, I will see the beloved and deliver to her
     This borrowed soul, which she entrusted to Ḥāfiẓ.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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