گرایش

Persian

Etymology

From گرا (garâ) +‎ ـیش (-yeš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡa.ɾɑː.ˈjiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɑː.jɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɑː.jɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɑː.jɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɔː.jíʃ]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæ.ɹɒː.jéʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲæ.ɹɒː.jéʃ]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɡʲe.ɹɒː.jéʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡä.ɾɔ.jíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	garāyiš
Dari reading?	garāyiš
Iranian reading?	garâyeš
Tajik reading?	garoyiš

Noun

گرایش • (garâyeš) (plural گرایش‌ها (garâyeš-hâ))

1. inclination
2. desire; will
3. sexual orientation; sexuality

   تو گرایشت چیه؟

   to gerâyešet čiye?

   What's your sexuality?

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گرایش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim