Alvida means Goodbye.
Alvida is an Urdu word.
Alvida has different roots, al is Persian/Arabic while Vida is Sanskrit/Hindi.
Alvida also sounds like German 'auf wiedersehen' (pronounced 'al vee der zane') which also means Goodbye.
I'm suddenly wondering if due to this complexity only somebody wrote 'Kabhi Alvida na Kehna..' (Never say Goodbye).
I thought it meant:
ReplyDeleteAl = To
Vida = Wind
i.e. Gone.
The german "auf wiedersehen" is not pronounced "al vee der zane"
ReplyDeleteThere is no "l". "auf" is really prononced with f. Sounds like "ouch!" but with f instead of ch.
'Alvida' is entirely from Arabic.
ReplyDeleteIt exists in Persian and Hindi, but it is not from either language.