حيدر

See also: حیدر

Arabic

Alternative forms

• حَيْدَرَة (ḥaydara)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaj.dar/
  • (Lebanon) IPA^(key): /ħaj.dar/
  • (Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /ħeː.dər/

Proper noun

حَيْدَر • (ḥaydar) m

1. a male given name
2. The birthname of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as given to him by his mother, frequently used in poems and speeches of praise and admiration.
   • أَنا الَّذِي سَمَّتْنِي أُمِّي حَيْدَرَة ... ضِرْغَامُ آجَامٍ ولَيْثُ قَسوَرَة

     I am the one whom my mother named Ḥaydara ... a fearless lion in thickets and a lion of wilderness

Declension

Declension of noun حَيْدَر (ḥaydar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	حَيْدَر ḥaydar	—
Nominative	—	حَيْدَرٌ ḥaydarun	—
Accusative	—	حَيْدَرًا ḥaydaran	—
Genitive	—	حَيْدَرٍ ḥaydarin	—

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: حيدر (ḥēdar)
• → Classical Persian: حَیدَر (haydar)
  • → Bengali: হায়দর (haẏdôr)
  • → Crimean Tatar: Haydar
    • → Russian: Гайда́р (Gajdár)
      • → Romanian: Gaidar
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: हैदर (haidar)

    Urdu: حَیْدَر (haydar)

• → Ottoman Turkish: حیدر (haydar)
  • Turkish: Haydar
  • → Albanian: Hajdar
  • → Romanian: Haidar
• → Russian: Хайдар (Xajdar)

Noun

حَيْدَر • (ḥaydar) m

1. lion

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:أسد

Declension

Declension of noun حَيْدَر (ḥaydar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيْدَر ḥaydar	الْحَيْدَر al-ḥaydar	حَيْدَر ḥaydar
Nominative	حَيْدَرٌ ḥaydarun	الْحَيْدَرُ al-ḥaydaru	حَيْدَرُ ḥaydaru
Accusative	حَيْدَرًا ḥaydaran	الْحَيْدَرَ al-ḥaydara	حَيْدَرَ ḥaydara
Genitive	حَيْدَرٍ ḥaydarin	الْحَيْدَرِ al-ḥaydari	حَيْدَرِ ḥaydari

Further reading

• حيدر on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar