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Persian
Etymology
From امید (omid, “hope”) + ـوار (-vâr).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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umēḏwār
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| Dari reading?
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umēdwār
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| Iranian reading?
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omidvâr
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| Tajik reading?
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umedvor
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Adjective
| Dari
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امیدوار
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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умедвор
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امیدوار • (omid-vâr, ommid-vâr)
- hopeful
Derived terms
Urdu
Etymology
First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi امیدوار (ummēdvār), borrowed from Classical Persian اُمّیدْوَار (ummēdwār). Equivalent of اُمِّید (ummīd, “hope”) + ـوَار (-vār).
Pronunciation
Noun
اُمِّیدْوار • (ummīdvār) m (Hindi spelling उम्मीदवार)
- candidate, contestant (in an election or examination etc.)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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امیدوار (ummīdvār)
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امیدوار (ummīdvār)
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| oblique
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امیدوار (ummīdvār)
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امیدواروں (ummīdvārō̃)
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| vocative
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امیدوار (ummīdvār)
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امیدوارو (ummīdvārō)
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Adjective
اُمِّیدْوار • (ummīdvār) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling उम्मीदवार)
- hopeful
- Synonym: پُر اُمِّید (pur ummīd)
- expectant
Further reading
- “امیدوار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “امیدوار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.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