एतबार

Hindi

Alternative forms

• ऐतबार (aitbār)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اعتبار (i'tibār), from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /eːt̪.bɑːɾ/, [eːt̪.bäːɾ]

Noun

एतबार • (etbār) m (Urdu spelling اعتبار)

1. belief, faith; trust

   Synonyms: विश्वास (viśvās), यक़ीन (yaqīn)

   • 2017, “Sun Mere Humsafar”, in Akhil Sachdeva (music), Badrinath Ki Dulhania:

     मुस्कुराना भी तुझी से सिखा है
     दिल लगाने का तू ही तरीक़ा है
     एतबार भी तुझी से होता है

     muskurānā bhī tujhī se sikhā hai
     dil lagāne kā tū hī tarīqā hai
     etbār bhī tujhī se hotā hai

     I've also learned how to smile from you
     Only you affect my heart
     I can only find faith from you

2. credibility, standing

Declension

Declension of एतबार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	एतबार etbār	एतबार etbār
oblique	एतबार etbār	एतबारों etbārõ
vocative	एतबार etbār	एतबारो etbāro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “एतबार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press