زندہ

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Middle Persian zy(w)ndk'
    Classical Persian زِنْدَه (zinda)bor.
    Urdu زِنْدَہ (zinda)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian زِنْدَه (zinda). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi زندہ (zndh /⁠zinda⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    زِنْدَہ • (zinda) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ज़िंदा)

    1. alive, living
      Synonym: حَیَات (hayāt)
      Antonym: مُرْدَہ (murda)

    Derived terms

    • زِنْدَہ بَاد (zinda bād, “long live!”)
    • زِنْدَہ دِل (zinda dil, “lively, devout”)
    • زِنْدَہ رَہْنا (zinda rahnā, “to stay alive”)
    • زِنْدَہ کَرْنا (zinda karnā, “to bring to life, to put life into”)
    • زِنْدَہ ہونا (zinda honā, “to be alive”)

    References

    1. ^ “زندہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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