قید

See also: قيد

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic قَيْد (qayd).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? qayd
    Dari reading? qayd
    Iranian reading? ġeyd
    Tajik reading? qayd

    Noun

    قید • (qayd / ġeyd) (plural قیدها (qayd-hā / ġeyd-hâ), or قیود, or اقیاد, Tajik spelling қайд)

    1. shackle, fetter
    2. press, champ
    3. reservation, condition, stipulation
      Synonym: شرط (šart)
      بدون قید و شرطbedun-e qeyd o šartunconditional, without qualifications
    4. obligation, bond
      قیود همسایگیqoyud-e hamsâyegibonds/obligations as neighbors
    5. confinement, bondage
      در قید بردگیdar qeyd-e bardegiin the grip of slavery
      آزادی به قید شرطâzâdi be qeyd-e šartconditional release
    6. restriction, limitation
      Synonym: محدودیت (mahdudiyyat)
      قید و بندqeyd o bandrestrictions
    7. (grammar) adverb

    Descendants

    • Bengali: কয়েদ (koẏed)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: क़ैद (qaid)
      Urdu: قَید (qaid)

    Further reading

    • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “قید”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian قَید (qayd), borrowed from Arabic قَيْد (qayd).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      قَید • (qaidf (Hindi spelling क़ैद)

      1. jail, prison
      2. confinement
      3. captive

      Declension

      Declension of قید
      singular plural
      direct قید (qaid) قیدیں (qaidẽ)
      oblique قید (qaid) قیدوں (qaidõ)
      vocative قید (qaid) قیدو (qaido)

      References

      • قید”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      • قید”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.