بیدار

Persian

Etymology

Metathesis from Middle Persian [script needed] (wygrʼd /wiγrād/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ger- (“to be awake, to awaken”). Cognate with Sanskrit जागर्ति (jāgarti).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /bedɔɾ/

Adjective

بیدار • (bidâr)

Dari بیدار
Iranian Persian
Tajik бедор (bedor)
  1. awake (not asleep)
    • c. 1915, Abdul Hadi Dawi, Seraj al-Akhbar:
      ‏چشم پرخوابت اگر بیدار می‌شد بد نبود، کلهٔ مستت اگر هشیار می‌شد بد نبود.‎‎
      češm-e por-xâb-at agar bidâr mi-šod bad na-bud, kalle-ye mastat agar hoš-yâr mi-šod bad na-bud.
      It would not be bad if your sleepy eyes became awake; it would not be bad if your drunken head became sober.
  2. wakeful, alert
  3. enlightened

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بیدار‎ (bidâr).

Pronunciation

Adjective

بیدار • (bedār) (Hindi spelling बेदार)

  1. conscious, enlightened
  2. awake, wakeful (not asleep)
  3. attentive, alert, vigilant, watchful
  • بیدار کرنا‎ (bedār karnā, “to make conscious of, to awaken”, transitive)
  • بیدار ہونا‎ (bedār honā, “to be conscious of, to be enlightened”, intransitive)
  • بیداری‎ (bedārī, “consciousness, awakening”)
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