وعدہ

See also: وعده

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic وَعْدَة (waʕda)bor.

Classical Persian وَعْدَه (wa'da)bor.

Punjabi وَعْدَہ (vaʻdah)

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَعْدَه (wa'da), borrowed from Arabic وَعْدَة (waʕda).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋäː.d̪äː/, [ʋäː˦.d̪äː]
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: وَع‧دَہ

Noun

وَعْدَہ • (vaʻdah) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਅਦਾ)

1. promise
2. vow; pledge

Declension

Declension of وعدہ

	singular	plural
direct	وَعْدَہ (vaʻdah)	وَعْدے (vaʻde)
oblique	وَعْدے (vaʻde)	وَعْدیاں (vaʻdeyāṉ)
vocative	وَعْدیا (vaʻdeyā)	وَعْدیوْ (vaʻdeyo)
ablative	وَعْدیوْں (vaʻdeyoṉ)	–
locative	وَعْدے (vaʻde)	وَعْدِیْں (vaʻdīṉ)
instrumental	وَعْدے (vaʻde)	وَعْدِیْں (vaʻdīṉ)

See also

Category Punjabi terms derived from the Arabic root و ع د not found

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وعدہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “وعدہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਵਾਅਦਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic وَعْدَة (waʕda)bor.

Classical Persian وَعْدَه (wa'da)bor.

Urdu وَعْدَہ (va'da)

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَعْدَه (wa'da), borrowed from Arabic وَعْدَة (waʕda).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə(ʔ).d̪ɑ(ː)/, [ʋɑː.d̪ɑː]

Noun

وَعْدَہ • (va'da) m (Hindi spelling वादा)

1. promise
2. vow; pledge

Declension

Declension of وعدہ

	singular	plural
direct	وَعْدَہ (va'dah)	وَعْدے (va'de)
oblique	وَعْدے (va'de)	وَعْدوں (va'dõ)
vocative	وَعْدے (va'de)	وَعْدو (va'do)

See also

Category Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root و ع د not found

Further reading

• “وعدہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “وعدہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “وعدہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.