زنده باد

Persian

Dari	زنده باد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зинда бод

Etymology

زنده (zende, “alive”) + باد (bâd, “may ... be”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zin.da bɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪn̪.d̪ä bɑːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪn̪.d̪ä bɑːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɪn̪.d̪ä bɑːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zin̪.d̪ä bɔːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zen̪.d̪e bɒːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zin̪.d̪ä bɔd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	zinda bāḏ
Dari reading?	zinda bād
Iranian reading?	zende bâd
Tajik reading?	zinda bod

Interjection

زنده باد • (zende bâd)

1. long live!

Verb

زنده باد • (zende bâd)

1. long live

   !زنده باد میهن

   zende bâd mihan!

   Long live the country!

Antonyms

• مرگ بر ... (marg bar ...)

Descendants

• → Bengali: জিন্দাবাদ (zindabad)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़िंदाबाद (zindābād)

  Urdu: زندہ باد (zinda-bād)

• → Ottoman Turkish: زنده باد (zinde-bad)
• → Pashto: زنده باد (zindabā́d)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਿੰਦਾਬਾਦ (zindābād)

  Shahmukhi script: زندہ باد (zinda-bād)