زیارت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra, visit; pilgrimage).

Noun

زیارت • (ziyâret) (definite accusative زیارتی (ziyâreti), plural زیارتلر (ziyâretler))

  1. visit, visitation, the act of habitually going to see a person or place as a guest, tourist, etc.
    Near-synonym: عیادت (ʼiyâdet)
  2. (Islam) ziyarat, a non-obligatory pilgrimage to sites associated with the prophet Muhammad

Derived terms

  • زیارت اوده‌مك (ziyâret ödemek, to pay a visit)
  • زیارت ایتمك (ziyâret etmek, to visit)
  • زیارتجی (ziyâretci, visitor)
  • زیارتكاه (ziyâretgâh, much visited place)
  • زیارتنامه (ziyâretnâme, prayers handbook)
  • زیارته كتمك (ziyârete gitmek, to go on a visit)

Descendants

  • Turkish: ziyaret

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? ziyārat
    Dari reading? ziyārat
    Iranian reading? ziyârat
    Tajik reading? ziyorat

    Noun

    Dari زیارت
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik зиёрат

    زیارت • (ziyârat)

    1. pilgrimage (religious journey)
      • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎[6]:
        مردم بسیار آنجا به زیارت روند و تقّرب جویند و به خداوند سبحانه و تعالی، و عمارات و حوض‌ها ساخته‌اند آنجا.
        mardum bisyār ānjā ba ziyārat rawand u taqqarub jūyand u ba xudāwand subhānahu wa ta'alā, u imārāt u hawz-hā sāxta-and ānjā.
        Many people go there for pilgrimage and seek intimacy with the Lord, may He be praised and exalted, and many buildings and water basins have been built there.
    2. (dated) visit

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian زِیارَت (ziyārat), from Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    زِیارَت • (ziyāratf (Hindi spelling ज़ियारत)

    1. visit
    2. pilgrimage

    Ushojo

    Etymology

    From Pashto زيارت ورځ (zyārat wardz).

    Noun

    زیارت (zyārat)

    1. Thursday