फ़ायदा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• फ़ाइदा (fāidā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فائده (fā'ida), from Arabic فَائِدَة (fāʔida). Cognate with Bengali ফায়দা (phaẏoda), Gujarati ફાયદો (phāyado), Konkani फायदो (phāydo), Marathi फायदा (phāydā), Punjabi ਫ਼ਾਇਦਾ (fāidā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /fɑːj.d̪ɑː/, [fäːj.d̪äː], /pʰɑːj.d̪ɑː/, [pʰäːj.d̪äː]

Noun

फ़ायदा • (fāydā) m (Urdu spelling فایدہ)

1. benefit, advantage

   मेरा क्या फ़ायदा होगा?

   merā kyā fāydā hogā?

   What's in it for me?

   (literally, “What will be my benefit?”)

2. profit, increase
3. improvement

Declension

Declension of फ़ायदा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फ़ायदा fāydā	फ़ायदे fāyde
oblique	फ़ायदे fāyde	फ़ायदों fāydõ
vocative	फ़ायदे fāyde	फ़ायदो fāydo