بیداری

Persian

Etymology

Compound of بیدار (bidâr, “awake”) +‎ ی (i, nominalizing suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beː.ðɑː.ɾiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.d̪ɑː.ɾiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.d̪ɑː.ɾiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.d̪ɑː.ɾiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.d̪ɔː.ɾi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.d̪ɒː.ɹiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.d̪ɔ.ɾi]

Readings
Classical reading?	bēḏārī
Dari reading?	bēdārī
Iranian reading?	bidâri
Tajik reading?	bedori

Dari	بیداری
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бедори

Noun

بیداری • (bidâri)

1. wakefulness, vigilance, watch
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 41:

     ز آنکه بی‏گل‏زار بلبل خامش است
     غیبت خورشید بیداری کش است‏

     za ānki bē-gulzār bulbul xāmuš ast
     ğaybat-i xwarshēd bēdārī kuš ast

     Because the nightingale is silent without the rose-garden:
     the absence of the sun kills (the nightingale's) wakefulness.

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بیداری”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim