Persian · noun · Selfhood & Will

Paidaari

पाएदारी
said paa-e-DAA-ri
also written: paaidaari, payedari
Meaning

Durability, endurance, the quality of lasting and holding fast.

Literally: Persian paidar (lasting) + the abstract suffix: the state of enduring.

Usage & notes

Endurance is, for Iqbal, a test of authentic selfhood; what survives struggle proves its reality, and the ego that endures earns its permanence.