جریان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جَرَيَان (jarayān).

Noun

جریان • (cereyan)

1. course, flow, current (of liquid, electricity, events, etc.)

Descendants

• Turkish: cereyan
• Crimean Tatar: ceryan
• → Laz: ჯერჲანი (ceryani)
• → Northern Kurdish: ceyran

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “cereyan”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَيَان (jarayān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiɾ.ˈjɑːn], [d͡ʒaɾ.ˈjɑːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.ɹi.jɒ́ːn]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	jiryān, jaryān
Iranian reading?	jariyân
Tajik reading?	jarayon

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Noun

Dari	جریان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷараён

جریان • (jariyân) (plural جریانات (jariyânât))

1. course, flow, current (of liquid, electricity, etc.)

   جریان هوا ― jariyân-e havâ ― current of air

   جریان خون ― jariyân-e xun ― flow of blood

   • 1600s, Fayz-i Kāshānī, “Ghazal 515”, in دیوان فیض کاشانی‎^[1]:

     عشق در کوی زمین افتادگی است
     عشق در انهار جریان سریع

     išq dar kōy zamīn uftādagī ast
     išq dar anhār jiryān-i sarī'

     Love means falling prostrate in the alleyway,
     Love means a rapid current in the rivers.

2. (figurative) trend, flow, course (of events, thoughts, etc.)

   جریان فکری ― jariyân-e fekri ― intellectual trend

   جریان جنگ ― jariyân-e jang ― course of the war

   جریان سیاسی ― jariyân-e siyâsi ― political trend

3. (figurative) things going on

   جریان چیه؟ ― jariyân čiy-e? ― What's going on? What's the matter?

   در جریان قرار دادن ― dar jariyân qarâr dâdan ― to keep someone in the loop