پیدا

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭣𐭩𐭠𐭢 (paydāg), borrowed from Parthian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *pati-diHā-kah, from Proto-Iranian *pati- (“towards, against”) + Proto-Iranian *daiH- (“to look, see”); see Sanskrit ध्यै (dhyai, “to contemplate, meditate”) for more on the root.^[1]

پیدا • (paydā / peydâ) (Tajik spelling пайдо)

1. evident, visible, apparent
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3508:

     هشت جنت هفت دوزخ پیش من
     هست پیدا همچو بت پیش شمن

     hašt jannat haft dōzax pēš-i-man
     hast paydā hamčō but pēš-i-šaman

     The Eight Paradises and the Seven Hells
     are as visible to me as the idol to the idolater.

2. clear, obvious

• پیدا کردن (paydā kardan / peydâ kardan)

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیدا (paidā). Compare Kashmiri پٲدٕ (pạ̄dụ).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɛː.d̪ɑː/

پَیدا • (paidā) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पैदा)

1. born

   Synonyms: جَنَم (janam), وِلادَت (vilādat), مِیلاد (mīlād), پَیدائِش (paidāiś)

2. arisen, created

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