امیدوار
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From امید (omid, “hope”) + ـوار (-vâr).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔu.meːð.wɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔo.miːd̪.vɒːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔu.med̪.vɔɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | umēḏwār |
Dari reading? | umēdwār |
Iranian reading? | omidvâr |
Tajik reading? | umedvor |
- Rhymes: -âr
Adjective edit
Dari | امیدوار |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | умедвор |
امیدوار • (omid-vâr, ommid-vâr)
Derived terms edit
- امیدوار بودن (omid-vâr budan, ommid-vâr budan)
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi امیدوار (ummēdvār), borrowed from Classical Persian اُمّیدْوَار (ummēdwār). Equivalent of اُمِّید (ummīd, “hope”) + ـوَار (-vār).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʊm.miːd̪.ʋɑːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
- Hyphenation: اُمْ‧مِید‧وار
Noun edit
اُمِّیدْوار • (ummīdvār) m (Hindi spelling उम्मीदवार)
- candidate, contestant (in an election or examination etc.)
Declension edit
Declension of امیدوار | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | امیدوار (ummīdvār) | امیدوار (ummīdvār) |
oblique | امیدوار (ummīdvār) | امیدواروں (ummīdvārō̃) |
vocative | امیدوار (ummīdvār) | امیدوارو (ummīdvārō) |
Adjective edit
اُمِّیدْوار • (ummīdvār) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling उम्मीदवार)
- hopeful
- Synonym: پُر اُمِّید (pur ummīd)
- expectant
Further reading edit
- “امیدوار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “امیدوار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John Thompson (1884), “اميدوار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
- S. W. Fallon (1879), “اُميدوار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 139
- John Shakespear (1834), “امیدوار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC