معتقد

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَقِد (muʕtaqid).

Pronunciation

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]‎:
      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)

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