فریاد

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (plydʾt' /⁠frayād⁠/, “help; succor”) (with semantic shifts “help” > “cry for help” > “shout; cry”), from Proto-Iranian *fra- (“pro-”) + *yat- (“to go, reach, approach, take position”),^[1] the latter from *yat- (“to reach, take position”), from Proto-Indo-European *yet- (“to bring, conform, support”) and cognate with Central Kurdish فریا (firya), Sanskrit यत् (yat, “to line up, take up a position, place in order”), Latin nītor (“support oneself, brace oneself”), Tocharian A yät- (“to adorn”), Ancient Greek ὅσιος (hósios, “just, fair”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /faɾ.ˈjaːd/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.jɑːd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.jɑːd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.jɔːd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.jɒːd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.jɔd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	faryād
Dari reading^?	faryād
Iranian reading^?	faryâd
Tajik reading^?	faryod

Noun


Iranian Persian	فریاد
Dari	فریاد
Tajik	фарёд

فریاد • (faryâd) (plural فریادها)

cry; shout; outcry
lamentation
(rare or poetic) seeking help, seeking justice

Derived terms

فریاد خواستن (faryâd xâstan)
فریاد رسیدن (faryâd resîdan)
فریاد زدن (faryâd zadan)
فریاد کردن (faryâd kardan)

Descendants

→ Ahirani: फिरयाद (phiryād), फिर्याद (phiryād)
→ Azerbaijani: fəryad
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: फ़रयाद (faryād), फ़रियाद (fariyād)
- Urdu: فریاد (faryād, fariyād)
  - → Tamil: பிராது (pirātu)
→ Old Marathi: 𑘣𑘨𑘰𑘟𑘲 (pharādī)
- Marathi: फिर्याद (phiryād)
→ Ottoman Turkish: فریاد (feryâd)
- Turkish: feryat
→ Punjabi: ਫ਼ਰਿਆਦ (fariāda), فریاد (faryād, fariyād)
→ Telugu: ఫిర్యాదు (phiryādu)
→ Varhadi: फर्याद (pharyād), फरयाद (pharyād)

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 214

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (faryâd).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fəɾ.jɑːd̪/
Rhymes: -ɑːd̪

Noun

فریاد • (faryād, fariyād) f (Hindi spelling फ़रयाद, फ़रियाद)

cry; shout, crying out for help or succour
lamentation, complaint, plaint, supplication

Related terms

فریاد کرنا (faryād karnā, “to lament, complain”)

Descendants

→ Tamil: பிராது (pirātu)

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 214

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