ریگستان

Persian


Iranian Persian	ریگستان
Dari	ریگستان
Tajik	регистон

Etymology

(rêg) +‎ (-estân)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾeː.ɡis.ˈtɑːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [reː.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ri.ɡis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹiː.ɡʲes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾe.ɡis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	rēgistān
Dari reading^?	rēgistān
Iranian reading^?	rigestân
Tajik reading^?	registon

Noun

ریگستان • (rêgestân) (plural ریگستان‌ها (rêgestân-hâ))

sandy place, desert

Synonyms

ریگزار (rêgzâr)
ریگ‌بوم (rêg-bum)

Descendants

Gujarati: રેગિસ્તાન (registān)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: रेगिस्तान (registān)

Urdu: ریگستان (registān)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਰੇਗਿਸਤਾਨ (registān)

Shahmukhi script: ریگستان (registān)

Proper noun

ریگستان • (rêgestân)

Registan, medieval plaza of Samarqand
Registan Desert, Afghanistan

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ریگستان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (rēgistān).

Noun

ریگِسْتان • (registān) m (Hindi spelling रेगिस्तान)

desert
ریگستان میں بہت كم چیزیں اُگ سکتی ہیں۔
registān mẽ bahot kam cīzẽ ug saktī h͠ai.
Very few things can grow in the desert.

صحارا دنیا کا سب سے بڑا ریگستان ہے ۔
sahārā duniyā kā sab se baṛā registān hai.
The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.

Synonyms

مَرُسْتَھل (marusthal)

Related terms

ریگ (reg)

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