پیام

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian پیام (payâm).

Noun

پیام • (peyam)

1. news
2. message

Related terms

• پیامآوار (peyamaver, “messenger”)
• پیامبر (peyamber, “messenger; prophet”)

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “peyam”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پیام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 330a

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pa.ˈjɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.jɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.jɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰä.jɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰä.jɔ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæ.jɒ́ːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.jɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	payām
Dari reading?	payām
Iranian reading?	peyâm
Tajik reading?	payom

Noun

Dari	پَیام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	паём

پیام • (payâm) (plural پیام‌ها (payâm-hâ))

1. Alternative form of پیغام (peyğâm): message

   پیامِ تبریکِ تولد ― payâm-e tabrik-e tavallod ― birthday congratulation message

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 6”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[2]:

     همه شب در این امیدم که نسیم صبحگاهی
     به پیام آشنایان بنوازد آشنا را

     hama šab dar în omêd-am ki nasîm-i subhgâhî
     ba payâm-i âšinâyân binawâzad âšinâ râ

     All through the night, I have this hope that the morning breeze
     Will caress the lover in the message of lovers.

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

Derived terms

• پیامبر (payâmbar)
• پیامک (payâmak)
• پیام‌آور (payâm-âvar)

 

Proper noun

Dari	پیام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Паём

پیام • (payâm)

1. a male given name, Payam