هدایت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هِدَايَة (hidāya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hi.daː.ˈjat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.d̪ɑː.jät̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.d̪ɑː.jät̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.d̪ɔː.jät̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [he.d̪ɒː.jæt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hi.d̪ɔ.jät̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hidāyat
Dari reading^?	hidāyat
Iranian reading^?	hedâyat
Tajik reading^?	hidoyat

Noun

هدایت • (hidāyat)

guidance, leading, direction
salvation

Descendants

→ Bengali: হেদায়েত (hedaẏet)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “هدایت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim