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Persian
Etymology
Metathesis from Middle Persian (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
Readings
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Classical reading?
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bēḏār
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Dari reading?
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bēdār
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Iranian reading?
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bidâr
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Tajik reading?
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bedor
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Adjective
بیدار • (bidâr)
Dari
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بیدار
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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бедор
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- 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
- بیدار کردن (bidâr kardan, “to wake up”, transitive)
- بیدار شدن (bidâr šodan, “to wake up”, intransitive)
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بیدار (bēdār).
Pronunciation
Adjective
بیدار • (bedār) (Hindi spelling बेदार)
- conscious, enlightened
- awake, wakeful (not asleep)
- attentive, alert, vigilant, watchful