بیدار

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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
Classical reading? bēḏār
Dari reading? bēdār
Iranian reading? bidâr
Tajik reading? bedor

Adjective

بیدار (bidâr)

Dari بیدار
Iranian Persian
Tajik бедор
  1. 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.
  2. wakeful, alert
  3. enlightened

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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)

  1. conscious, enlightened
  2. awake, wakeful (not asleep)
  3. attentive, alert, vigilant, watchful