هویدا

Persian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hu.waj.ˈdɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊ.wäj.d̪ɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.wäj.d̪ɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.wäj.d̪ɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hovej.d̪ɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hu.väj.d̪ɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	huwaydā
Dari reading^?	huwaydā
Iranian reading^?	hoveydâ
Tajik reading^?	huvaydo

Adjective

هویدا • (hoveydâ)

visible; apparent; manifest
Synonyms: پیدا (peydâ), پدید (padid), ظاهر (zâher)

Antonyms: پنهان (penhân), نهان (nahân), باطن (bâten)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 343:
  تا نماند در جهان نصرانیی
  نی هویدا دین و نی پنهانیی
  tā na-mānad dar jahān nasrānīyē
  nē huwaydā dīn u nē panhānīyē
  So that there may not remain a single Christian in the world, neither one whose religion is manifest nor one who is concealed.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

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