کوریا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Korea, from Sino-Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).

Akin to Pashto and Urdu کوریا (koryā)

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoː.ɾi.jɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoː.ɾi.jɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰoː.ɾi.jɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰu.ɾi.jɔː]

Readings
Dari reading?	kōriyā

Proper noun

Dari	کوریا
Iranian Persian	کره
Tajik	Корея, Қурия

کوریا • (kōriyā)

1. (Dari) Korea (a nation and peninsula in East Asia)
   1. (less common) North Korea
   2. South Korea

Usage notes

• While the Iranian standard spelling is sometimes used in Afghanistan, the Dari standard spelling is almost never used in Iran.

Derived terms

• کوریایی (kōriyāyī)
• جُمْهُورِیِ دَموکْراتِیک خلْقِ کورِیا (jumhūrī-yi damōkrātīk xalq-i kōriyā)
• جُمهُورِی کورِیا (jumhūrī-yi kōriyā)
• شَبْه‌جَزِیرَهِٔ کورِیا (šabh-jazīra-i kōriyā)
• کورِیایِ جَنُوبِی (kōriyā-yi janūbī)
• کورِیایِ شُمالِی (kōriyā-yi šumālī)

 

See also

• کره‌ای (kore-'i) (Iran)