دیدار

Persian

Etymology

From (didan) +‎ (-âr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /diː.ˈdaːr/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.d̪ɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪iː.d̪ɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.d̪ɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dīdār
Dari reading^?	dīdār
Iranian reading^?	didâr
Tajik reading^?	didor

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	دیدار
Dari	دیدار
Tajik	дидор

دیدار • (didâr)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: didar
→ Bengali: দীদার (didar)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: दीदार (dīdār)

Urdu: دِیدار (dīdār)
→ Kazakh: дидар (didar)
→ Ottoman Turkish: دیدار (didar)
- Turkish: didar
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਦੀਦਾਰ (dīdār)

Shahmukhi script: دِیدار (dīdār)
→ Turkmen: didar
→ Uzbek: diydor

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (dīdār).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪iː.d̪ɑːɾ/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

دِیدار • (dīdār) m (Hindi spelling दीदार)

sight, seeing
view, appearance
face, countenance
Synonym: چِہْرَہ (cihra)
meeting
Synonym: مُلاقات (mulāqāt)

Further reading

Platts, John T. (1884), “دیدار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.