معیار

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِعْيَار (miʕyār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [miʔ.ˈjɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ʔ.jɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ʔ.jɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [meː.jɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [meː.jɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meʔ.jɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [meʔ.jɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mi'yār
Dari reading?	me'yār
Iranian reading?	me'yâr
Tajik reading?	meʾyor

Noun

معیار • (me'yâr) (plural معیارها (me'yâr-hâ))

1. standard; criterion

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مِعْیَار (mi'yār), from Arabic مِعْيَار (miʕyār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɪʕ.jɑːɾ/, /mɪʔ.jɑːɾ/, [me.jɑːɾ]
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): [mə.jɑːɾ]
  • (formal) IPA^(key): [mɑ.jɑːɾ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: مِع‧یَار

Noun

مِعْیَار • (mi'yār) m (formal plural مِعْیَارَات (mi'yārāt), Hindi spelling मेयार)

1. standard, quality
2. rule; regulation; criterion
3. style; way
4. touchstone; standard of measure
5. scale; measure
6. example; a good attribute (ie. of a person)

   Synonyms: خُوبی (xūbī), کَمال (kamāl)

Declension

Declension of معیار
	singular	plural
direct	مِعْیَار (mi'yār)	مِعْیَار (mi'yār)
oblique	مِعْیَار (mi'yār)	مِعْیَاروں (mi'yārõ)
vocative	مِعْیَار (mi'yār)	مِعْیَارو (mi'yāro)

Further reading

• “معیار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “معیار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “معيار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 598
• Platts, John T. (1884) “معيار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1050
• John Shakespear (1834) “معیار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC