एतबार

• ऐतबार (aitbār)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِعْتِبَار (i'tibār), borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār), from اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /eːt̪.bɑːɾ/, [eːt̪.bäːɾ]

एतबार • (etbār) m (Urdu spelling اعتبار)

1. belief, faith; trust

   Synonyms: विश्वास (viśvās), यक़ीन (yaqīn)

   • 2017, “Sun Mere Humsafar”, in Akhil Sachdeva (music), Badrinath Ki Dulhania:

     मुस्कुराना भी तुझी से सिखा है
     दिल लगाने का तू ही तरीक़ा है
     एतबार भी तुझी से होता है

     muskurānā bhī tujhī se sikhā hai
     dil lagāne kā tū hī tarīqā hai
     etbār bhī tujhī se hotā hai

     I've also learned how to smile from you
     Only you affect my heart
     I can only find faith from you

2. credibility, standing

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “एतबार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press