امیدوار

Persian

Etymology

From امید (umēd / omid, “hope”) +‎ ـوار (-wār / -vâr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔu.meːd.ˈwaːr/, /ʔum.meːd.ˈwaːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.meːd̪.wɑ́ːɾ], [ʔʊ.mäjd̪.wɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.meːd̪.wɑ́ːɾ], [ʔʊ.mäjd̪.wɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.meːd̪.wɑ́ːɾ], [ʔʊ.mäjd̪.wɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.meːd̪.wɔ́ːɾ], [ʔu.mäjd̪.wɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔo.miːd̪.vɒ́ːɹ], [ʔom.miːd̪.vɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔu.med̪.vɔ́ɾ], [ʔum.med̪.vɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	umēdwār, ummēdwār
Dari reading?	umēdwār, umaydwār
Iranian reading?	omidvâr, ommidvâr
Tajik reading?	umedvor, ummedvor

• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Adjective

امیدوار • (umēdwār / omidvâr) (Tajik spelling умедвор)

1. hopeful

Derived terms

• امیدوار بودن (umēdwār būdan / omidvâr budan)

Urdu

Etymology

First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi امیدوار (ummēdvār), borrowed from Classical Persian اُمّیدْوَار (ummēdwār). By surface analysis, اُمِّید (ummīd, “hope”) +‎ وَار (vār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊm.miːd̪.ʋɑːɾ/
  • (dated or obsolete) IPA^(key): /ʊm.meːd̪.ʋɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: اُمْ‧مِید‧وار

Noun

اُمِّیدْوار • (ummīdvār) m (Hindi spelling उम्मीदवार)

1. candidate, contestant (in an election or examination etc.)

Declension

Declension of امیدوار

	singular	plural
direct	امیدوار (ummīdvār)	امیدوار (ummīdvār)
oblique	امیدوار (ummīdvār)	امیدواروں (ummīdvārõ)
vocative	امیدوار (ummīdvār)	امیدوارو (ummīdvāro)

Adjective

اُمِّیدْوار • (ummīdvār) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling उम्मीदवार)

1. hopeful

   Synonym: پُر اُمِّید (pur ummīd)

2. expectant

Further reading

• “امیدوار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “امیدوار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “اميدوار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 83
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “اُميدوار”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 139
• John Shakespear (1834), “امیدوار”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC