هدایت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هِدَايَة (hidāya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hi.ðɑː.jat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.d̪ɑː.jät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.d̪ɑː.jät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.d̪ɑː.jät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.d̪ɔː.jät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [he.d̪ɒː.jæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hi.d̪ɔ.jät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	hiḏāyat
Dari reading?	hidāyat
Iranian reading?	hedâyat
Tajik reading?	hidoyat

Noun

هدایت • (hidāyat)

1. guidance, leading, direction
2. salvation

Descendants

• → Bengali: হেদায়েত (hedaẏet)

References

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