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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