معتقد

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَقِد (muʕtaqid).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muʔ.ta.ˈqið]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞ʔ.t̪ʰä.qɪ́d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞ʔ.t̪ʰä.qɪ́d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [moː.t̪ʰä.qɪ́d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mʊː.t̪ʰä.qíd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʔ.t̪ʰæ.ʁéd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɵʔ.t̪ʰä.qíd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	mu'taqiḏ
Dari reading?	mo'taqid
Iranian reading?	mo'tağed
Tajik reading?	müʾtaqid

Adjective

معتقد • (mo'taqed)

1. convinced, persuaded, believing

   Synonym: باوریناک (bâvari-nâk)

   دانشمندان معتقدند که […]

   dânešmandân mo'taqed-and ke […]

   Scientists believe that […]

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 180”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎^[1]:

     گر جلوه می‌نمایی و گر طعنه می‌زنی
     ما نیستیم معتقد شیخ خودپسند

     gar jilwa mē-namāyī u gar ta'na mē-zanī
     mā nēstēm mu'taqid-i šayx-i xwadpasand

     Whether you show your beauty, or whether you jeer at us,
     We shall not believe in the self-conceited sheikh.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “معتقد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “معتقد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press