Persian edit

Etymology edit

From امید (omid, hope) +‎ ـوار (-vâr).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? umēḏwār
Dari reading? umēdwār
Iranian reading? omidvâr
Tajik reading? umedvor

Adjective edit

Dari امیدوار
Iranian Persian
Tajik умедвор

امیدوار (omid-vâr, ommid-vâr)

  1. hopeful

Derived terms edit

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

Noun edit

اُمِّیدْوار (ummīdvārm (Hindi spelling उम्मीदवार)

  1. candidate, contestant (in an election or examination etc.)

Declension edit

Declension of امیدوار
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)

  1. hopeful
    Synonym: پُر اُمِّید (pur ummīd)
  2. 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