क़ैद

See also: कदू and कांदा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قید (qayd), from Arabic قَيْد (qayd). Compare Bengali কয়েদ (koẏed), Gujarati કેદ (ked).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qɛːd̪/, /kɛːd̪/

Noun

क़ैद • (qaid) f (Urdu spelling قید)

1. bondage
2. incarceration, imprisonment
   • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib :

     क़ैद-ए-हयात-ओ-बंद-ए-ग़म, अस्ल में दोनों एक हैं

     qaid-e-hayāt-o-band-e-ġam, asl mẽ donõ ek ha͠i

     The prison of life and the bondage of grief are one and the same

Declension

Declension of क़ैद (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़ैद qaid	क़ैदें qaidẽ
oblique	क़ैद qaid	क़ैदों qaidõ
vocative	क़ैद qaid	क़ैदो qaido