امیدوار
Persian
Etymology
From امید (omid, “hope”) + ـوار (-vâr).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔu.meːd.ˈwaːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊ.meːd̪.wɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔo.miːd̪.vɒːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔu.med̪.vɔɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | umēdwār |
| Dari reading? | umēdwār |
| Iranian reading? | omidvâr |
| Tajik reading? | umedvor |
- Rhymes: -ɑːr
Adjective
| Dari | امیدوار |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | умедвор |
امیدوار • (omid-vâr, ommid-vâr)
Derived terms
- امیدوار بودن (omid-vâr budan, ommid-vâr budan)
Urdu
Etymology
First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi امیدوار (ummēdvār), borrowed from Classical Persian اُمّیدْوَار (ummēdwār). By surface analysis, اُمِّید (ummīd, “hope”) + وَار (vār).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʊm.miːd̪.ʋɑːɾ/
- (dated or obsolete) IPA(key): /ʊm.meːd̪.ʋɑːɾ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
- Hyphenation: اُمْ‧مِید‧وار
Noun
اُمِّیدْوار • (ummīdvār) m (Hindi spelling उम्मीदवार)
- candidate, contestant (in an election or examination etc.)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | امیدوار (ummīdvār) | امیدوار (ummīdvār) |
| oblique | امیدوار (ummīdvār) | امیدواروں (ummīdvārõ) |
| vocative | امیدوار (ummīdvār) | امیدوارو (ummīdvāro) |
Adjective
اُمِّیدْوار • (ummīdvār) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling उम्मीदवार)
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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “اميدوار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 83
- 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