हैदर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (haydar), from Arabic حَيْدَر (ḥaydar).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɛː.d̪əɾ/, [ɦɛː.d̪ɐɾ]

Noun

हैदर • (haidar) m (Urdu spelling حیدر)

(rare) lion
Synonyms: शेर (śer), सिंह (sĩh)

Declension

Declension of *हैदर* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	हैदर haidar	हैदर haidar
oblique	हैदर haidar	हैदरों haidarõ
vocative	हैदर haidar	हैदरो haidaro

Proper noun

हैदर • (haidar) m (Urdu spelling حیدر)

a male given name, Haidar, from Arabic

Declension

Declension of *हैदर* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	हैदर haidar	हैदर haidar
oblique	हैदर haidar	हैदरों haidarõ
vocative	हैदर haidar	हैदरो haidaro

Derived terms

हैदराबाद (haidrābād, “Hyderabad”)

References

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