بیدار
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Metathesis from Middle Persian [script needed] (wygrʼd /wiγrād/), from Proto-Iranian *wi- + *Hgar- (“to be awake”), the former from Proto-Indo-European *wi (“apart”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ger- (“to be awake, to awaken”). Cognate with Sanskrit जागर्ति (jāgarti), Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō, “to awaken”), Albanian ngrē (“to lift, to wake”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [beː.ðɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [biː.d̪ɒːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [be.d̪ɔɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | bēḏār |
Dari reading? | bēdār |
Iranian reading? | bidâr |
Tajik reading? | bedor |
Adjective edit
بیدار • (bidâr)
Dari | بیدار |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | бедор |
- awake (not asleep)
- c. 1915, Abdul Hadi Dawi, Seraj al-Akhbar:
- چشم پرخوابت اگر بیدار میشد بد نبود، کلهٔ مستت اگر هشیار میشد بد نبود.
- češm-e por-xâb-at agar bidâr mi-šod bad na-bud, kalle-ye mastat agar hoš-yâr mi-šod bad na-bud.
- It would not be bad if your sleepy eyes became awake; it would not be bad if your drunken head became sober.
- wakeful, alert
- enlightened
Derived terms edit
- بیدار کردن (bidâr kardan, “to wake up”, transitive)
- بیدار شدن (bidâr šodan, “to wake up”, intransitive)
References edit
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian بیدار (bēdār).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /beː.d̪ɑːɾ/
Adjective edit
بیدار • (bedār) (Hindi spelling बेदार)
Related terms edit
- بیدار کرنا (bedār karnā, “to make conscious of, to awaken”, transitive)
- بیدار ہونا (bedār honā, “to be conscious of, to be enlightened”, intransitive)
- بیداری (bedārī, “consciousness, awakening”)