وعده

See also: وعدہ and وعدة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَعْدَة (waʕda, promise, vow).

Noun

وعده • (vaʾde)

  1. due date, the date of payment in financial arrangements
  2. time limit, a time by which something must be finished

Derived terms

  • اوزون وعده (uzun vaʾde, long term)
  • وعده‌جی (vaʾdeci, one who abitually pays at a due date)
  • وعده‌سز (vaʾdesiz, without any specified date for payment)
  • وعده‌سی گچمش (vaʾdesi geçmiş, date for payment of which has gone by)
  • وعده‌لو (vaʾdeli, payable at a due date)

Descendants

  • Turkish: vade
  • Albanian: váde
  • Armenian: վատե (vate)
  • Aromanian: váde
  • Bulgarian: ваде́ (vadé)
  • Romanian: vadeá
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ва́да
    Latin script: váda

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic وَعْدَة (waʕda).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? wa'da
    Dari reading? wa'da
    Iranian reading? va'de
    Tajik reading? va'da

    Noun

    Dari وعده
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik ваъда

    وعده • (va'de) (plural وعده‌ها)

    1. promise
      Synonym: قول (qowl)
      • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 10:
        زانک شاکر را زیادت وعده است
        آنچنانک قرب مزد سجده است
        z-ān ki šāker rā ziyādat wa'da ast
        ānčunān ki qurb muzd-i sajda ast
        For to him that gives thanks increase is promised, just as nighness [unto God] is the reward for prostration [in the ritual prayer].
        (Classical Persian transliteration)
    2. specific time (for something)
      هر روز هزینه سه وعده غذای دوستش را می‌داد.
      har ruz hazine-ye se va'de-ye ġazâ-ye dust-aš râ mi-dâd.
      Every day, he would pay for his friend's three meals ["times for food"].

    Derived terms

    (verbs)

    • وعده دادن (va'de dâdan)
    • وعده کردن (va'de kardan)

    (other)

    • وعده و وعید (va'de-o-va'id)

    Descendants

    See also