Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Korea, from Sino-Korean 고려(高麗) (Goryeo).

Akin to Pashto and Urdu کوریا (koryā)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Dari reading? kōriyā

Proper noun

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Dari کوریا
Iranian Persian کره
Tajik Корея, Қурия

کوریا (kōriyā)

  1. (Dari) Korea (a nation and peninsula in East Asia)
    1. (less common) North Korea
    2. South Korea

Usage notes

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  • While the Iranian standard spelling is sometimes used in Afghanistan, the Dari standard spelling is almost never used in Iran.

Derived terms

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See also

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