وعده

See also: وعدہ and وعدة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَعْدَة (waʕda, promise, vow).

Noun

وعده • (vaʾde)

  1. due date, the date of payment in financial arrangements
  2. time limit, a time by which something must be finished

Derived terms

  • اوزون وعده (uzun vaʾde, long term)
  • وعده‌جی (vaʾdeci, one who abitually pays at a due date)
  • وعده‌سز (vaʾdesiz, without any specified date for payment)
  • وعده‌سی گچمش (vaʾdesi geçmiş, date for payment of which has gone by)
  • وعده‌لو (vaʾdeli, payable at a due date)

Descendants

  • Turkish: vade
  • Albanian: váde
  • Armenian: վատե (vate)
  • Aromanian: váde
  • Bulgarian: ваде́ (vadé)
  • Romanian: vadeá
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ва́да
    Latin script: váda

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic وَعْدَة (waʕda).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? wa'da
    Dari reading? wa'da
    Iranian reading? va'de
    Tajik reading? va'da

    Noun

    Dari وعده
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik ваъда

    وعده • (va'de) (plural وعده‌ها)

    1. promise
      Synonym: قول (qowl)
      • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 10:
        زانک شاکر را زیادت وعده است
        آنچنانک قرب مزد سجده است
        z-ān ki šāker rā ziyādat wa'da ast
        ānčunān ki qurb muzd-i sajda ast
        For to him that gives thanks increase is promised, just as nighness [unto God] is the reward for prostration [in the ritual prayer].
        (Classical Persian transliteration)
    2. specific time (for something)
      هر روز هزینه سه وعده غذای دوستش را می‌داد.
      har ruz hazine-ye se va'de-ye ġazâ-ye dust-aš râ mi-dâd.
      Every day, he would pay for his friend's three meals ["times for food"].

    Derived terms

    (verbs)

    • وعده دادن (va'de dâdan)
    • وعده کردن (va'de kardan)

    (other)

    • وعده و وعید (va'de-o-va'id)

    Descendants

    See also