امداد

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمْدَاد (ʔimdād).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔim.ˈdɑːð]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔim.d̪ɔ́ːd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔem.d̪ɒ́ːd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔim.d̪ɔ́d̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	imdāḏ
Dari reading^?	imdād
Iranian reading^?	emdâd
Tajik reading^?	imdod

Noun

امداد • (emdâd)

assistance, help
Synonyms: یاری (yâri), کمک (komak), مساعدت (mosâ'edat)
- c. 1180, Anwarī, “Qaṣīda 177”, in دیوان انوری [Dīvān of Anwarī]‎:
  شب محنت من ز امداد فکرت
  درازی شبهای یلدا گرفته
  šab-i mihnat man zi imdād-i fikr-at
  darāzī-yi šab-hā-yi yaldā girifta
  On the night of tribulation, with help from thinking about you:
  I passed through the length of winter solstice nights.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
(military) reinforcement

Derived terms

امداد نمودن (emdâd nemudan)
امدادی (emdâdi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمْدَاد (ʔimdād).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪm.d̪ɑːd̪/

Noun

امداد • (imdād) f (Hindi spelling इमदाद)

aid, help, assistance
support

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu امداد (imdād).

Noun

امداد (imdād)

help, assist
support

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