हैदर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْدَر (haydar), from Arabic حَيْدَر (ḥaydar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɛː.d̪əɾ/, [ɦɛː.d̪ɐɾ]

Noun

हैदर • (haidar) m (Urdu spelling حیدر)

1. (rare) lion

   Synonyms: शेर (śer), सिंह (sĩh)

Declension

Declension of हैदर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हैदर haidar	हैदर haidar
oblique	हैदर haidar	हैदरों haidarõ
vocative	हैदर haidar	हैदरो haidaro

Proper noun

हैदर • (haidar) m (Urdu spelling حیدر)

1. a male given name, Haidar, from Arabic

Declension

Declension of हैदर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हैदर haidar	हैदर haidar
oblique	हैदर haidar	हैदरों haidarõ
vocative	हैदर haidar	हैदरो haidaro

Derived terms

• हैदराबाद (haidrābād, “Hyderabad”)

References

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