جدید

See also: جديد and حديد

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَدِيد (jadīd).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ˈdiːd/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.d̪íːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.d̪íːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.d̪íːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.d̪íd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.d̪íːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.d̪íd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	jadīd
Dari reading?	jadīd
Iranian reading?	jadid
Tajik reading?	jadid

Adjective

Dari	جدید
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷадид

جدید • (jadid) (comparative جدیدتَر, superlative جدیدتَرین)

1. new, recent

   می‌خوام یه زبان جدید یاد بگیرم. (colloquial Iranian)

   mi-xâm ye zabân-e jadid yâd begiram.

   I want to learn a new language.

Usage notes

• جدید (jadid) usually means "newly acquired", and نو (now) usually means "newly made". کتاب نو (ketâb-e now) means a book just published, while کتاب جدید (ketâb-e jadid) could mean an old book which the speaker has recently bought.

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: जदीद (jadīd)

  Urdu: جَدِید (jadīd)

• → Punjabi: jadīd

  Gurmukhi script: ਜਦੀਦ

  Shahmukhi script: جَدِید

• → Sindhi: jadīdu

  Arabic script: جَدِيدُ

  Devanagari script: जदीदु

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جدید (jadīd), from Arabic جَدِيد (jadīd).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.d̪iːd̪/
• Rhymes: -iːd̪

Adjective

جَدِید • (jadīd) (Hindi spelling जदीद)

1. modern, recent

Further reading

• “جدید”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “جديد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 378
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جديد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 226
• “جدید”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.