ردیف

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf, “row”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾa.ˈðiːf]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.d̪íːf]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.d̪íːf]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rä.d̪íːf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rä.d̪íf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæ.d̪íːf]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾä.d̪íf]

Readings
Classical reading?	raḏīf
Dari reading?	radīf
Iranian reading?	radif
Tajik reading?	radif

Noun

ردیف • (radīf)

1. a row
2. one who rides behind another on the same horse
3. following one another in a row
4. auxiliary forces
5. a star near the Eagle; a star which rises when the one opposite sets
6. (prosody) a word following the rhyme

Descendants

• → English: radif
• → Gujarati: રદીફ (radīph)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ردیف”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul