هویدا

Persian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hu.waj.ˈdɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.wäj.d̪ɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.wäj.d̪ɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.wäj.d̪ɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.wäj.d̪ɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hovej.d̪ɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hu.väj.d̪ɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	huwaydā
Dari reading?	huwaydā
Iranian reading?	hoveydâ
Tajik reading?	huvaydo

Adjective

هویدا • (hoveydâ)

1. visible; apparent; manifest

   Synonyms: پیدا (peydâ), پدید (padid), ظاهر (zâher)

   Antonyms: پنهان (penhân), نهان (nahân), باطن (bâten)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 343:

     تا نماند در جهان نصرانیی
     نی هویدا دین و نی پنهانیی

     tā na-mānad dar jahān nasrānīyē
     nē huwaydā dīn u nē panhānīyē

     So that there may not remain a single Christian in the world, neither one whose religion is manifest nor one who is concealed.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)