امید

Persian

Alternative forms

  • اومید‎ (ômêd)

Etymology

From late Middle Persian ʾwmyt' (*ummēd, “hope”) from earlier ʾdmyt' (ēmēd, “hope”). Akin to Baluchi امیت‎ (omit), Northern Kurdish umêd, Central Kurdish ئومێد‎ (umêd), Pashto امید‎ (umīd).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari Persian امید‎
Iranian Persian امید‎
Tajiki Persian умед, уммед (umed, ummed)

امید • (omêd, ommêd) (plural امیدها‎ (omêd, ommêd-hâ))

  1. hope

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Azeri: ümid
  • → Bashkir: өмөт (ömöt)
  • → Bengali: উমেদ (umēda)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: उम्मीद (ummīd)
    Urdu: امید‎ (ummīd)
  • → Kazakh: үміт (ümit)
  • → Kyrgyz: үмүт (ümüt)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: امید‎ (ümîd)
  • → Sindhi: امید‎ (umīd)
  • → Tatar: өмет (ömet)
  • → Turkmen: umyt
  • → Uzbek: umid

Proper noun

امید • (omêd)

  1. A male given name, Omid.

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ēmēd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian امید‎ (ommid).

Noun

امید • (ummed, ummīd) f (Hindi spelling उम्मेद or उम्मीद‎)

  1. hope
  2. expectation

Synonyms

Proper noun

امید • (Ummīd, Omīd) m

  1. A male given name, Ummid, Omid
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