Urdu Dictionary

دريائی daryāʼī

P دريائی daryāʼī [daryā, q.v.+ī = Zend aêna = S. इन्], adj. Of or belonging to the sea or river, marine, maritime:—daryāʼī ādmī, s.m. A merman:—daryāʼī totā, s.m. 'Sea-parrot,' the flamingo (=rāj-hāṅs):—daryāʼī ghoṛā, s.m. 'Sea-horse,' the hippopotamus:—daryāʼī nāriyal, s.m. The sea cocoa-nut (=daryā-kā nāriyal).

دريا daryā

P دريا daryā [old P. daraya, daryāw; Pehl. zraē; Zend zrayaṅh, rt. zri = S. jrayas, rt. jri], s.m. The sea; the waters; a large river (the com. signification in

India):—daryā-ě-aḵẖẓar, s.m. 'The Green Sea,' the Arabian Sea:—daryā-bar-ār, daryā-bar-āmad, s.m. Alluvial land, alluvion; land reclaimed from a river:—daryā-burd, part. adj. & s.m. Carried or cut away by a river (as land, &c.);—land cut or washed away by the encroachment of a river; diluvion:—daryā-burdī, s.f. Diluvion:—daryā-pār, The other side of the river, across the river:—daryā-dilī, s.f. 'Sea-like expansion of heart,' great liberality:—daryā-shikast = daryā-burd, q.v.:—daryā-ě-shor, s.m. 'The salt waters,' the sea, ocean:—daryā-kā kaf, s.m. Froth of the sea, spume; bone of the cuttle-fish:—daryā-kā nāriyal, s.m. The sea cocoa-nut:—daryā-ko kūze-meṅ band karnā, 'To enclose the sea in a jar'; to say much in a few words, to be concise or comprehensive;—to attempt the impossible.