دیگر

See also: دیكر

Persian

Alternative forms

• دگر (degar) (poetic)
• دیگه (dige) (colloquial)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dwitī́yakarah, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [diː.ˈɡaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.ɡǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.ɡǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.ɡǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ɡǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.ɡʲǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.ɡǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dīgar
Dari reading?	dīgar
Iranian reading?	digar
Tajik reading?	digar

Adverb

Dari	دیگر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дигар, аллакай

دیگر • (digar)

1. other

   یه گوشواره رو پیدا کردم، اون یکی دیگه کجاست؟

   ye gušvâre ro peidâ kardam, un yeki dige kojâst?

   I found one earring, where's that other one?

2. another, more

   گذرنامه من پنج سال دیگه اعتبار داره

   gozarnâme man panj sâl dige etebâr dâre.

   My passport will stay valid for five more years.

3. next

   آلبوم جدیدش سال دیگه منتشر میشه

   âlbume jadideš sâle dige montašer miše.

   His/Her new album will be released next year.

4. no more
5. anymore
6. any longer
7. already (An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation)

Derived terms

• یکدیگر (yek-digar)
• همدیگر (ham-digar)
• دیگر بودن (digar budan, “to differ, to be different”)
• دیگر کردن (digar kardan, “to change, to modify”)
• دگرگون (degargun, “different”)
  • دگرگون کردن (degargun kardan, “to change, to transform”)
  • دگرگونی (degarguni, “transformation”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: digər
• → Bengali: দিগর (digor)
• → Chinese: 底蓋爾 / 底盖尔 (dǐgài'ěr)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दीगर (dīgar)

  Urdu: دیگر (dīgar)

• → Ottoman Turkish: دیگر (diger)
  • Turkish: diğer
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਡੀਗਰ (ḍīgar)

  Shahmukhi script: ڈیگر (ḍīgar)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دیگر (dīgar).

Adjective

دیگر • (dīgar) (Hindi spelling दीगर)

1. other
2. another

Synonyms

• دوسرا