معتقد

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَقِد (muʕtaqid).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muʔ.ta.ˈqið]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞ʔ.t̪ʰä.qɪ́d̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [moː.t̪ʰä.qɪ́d̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mʊː.t̪ʰä.qíd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʔ.t̪ʰæ.ʁéd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɵʔ.t̪ʰä.qíd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mu'taqiḏ
Dari reading^?	mo'taqid
Iranian reading^?	mo'tağed
Tajik reading^?	müʾtaqid

Adjective

معتقد • (mo'taqed)

convinced, persuaded, believing
dânešmandân mo'taqed-and ke […]
Scientists believe that […]
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 180”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎:
  گر جلوه می‌نمایی و گر طعنه می‌زنی
  ما نیستیم معتقد شیخ خودپسند
  gar jilwa mē-namāyī u gar ta'na mē-zanī
  mā nēstēm mu'taqid-i šayx-i xwadpasand
  Whether you show your beauty, or whether you jeer at us,
  We shall not believe in the self-conceited sheikh.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “معتقد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “معتقد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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