क़ैद

See also: कदू and कांदा

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree
Arabic قَيْد (qayd)bor.
Classical Persian قَید (qayd)bor.
Hindi क़ैद

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    क़ैद • (qaid) f (Urdu spelling قید)

    1. bondage
    2. incarceration, imprisonment
      • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib:
        क़ैद-ए-हयात-ओ-बंद-ए-ग़म, अस्ल में दोनों एक हैं
        qaid-e-hayāt-o-band-e-ġam, asl mẽ donõ ek ha͠i
        The prison of life and the bondage of grief are one and the same

    Declension

    Declension of क़ैद (fem cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct क़ैद
    qaid     		क़ैदें
    qaidẽ
    oblique क़ैद
    qaid     		क़ैदों
    qaidõ
    vocative क़ैद
    qaid     		क़ैदो
    qaido

    Descendants

    • → Tamil: கைது (kaitu)
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