اجتناب

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِجْتِنَاب (ijtināb), verbal noun of اِجْتَنَبَ (ijtanaba).

Noun

اجتناب • (ictinab)

  1. refraining, abstaining, avoiding
  2. abstinence

Descendants
  • Turkish: içtinap

Further reading
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “içtinap”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اجتناب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 51b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِنَاب (ijtināb).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.nɑ́ːb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.nɑ́ːb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔid͡ʒ.t̪ʰi.nɔ́ːb̥]

Readings
Classical reading? ijtināḇ
Dari reading? ijtināb
Iranian reading? ejtenâb
Tajik reading? ijtinob

Noun
Dari اجتناب
Iranian Persian
Tajik иҷтиноб

اجتناب • (ejtenâb)

  1. avoidance; evasion
    Synonym: دوری (duri)
    اجتناب ناپذیر ― ejtenâb nâpazir ― unavoidable
    اجتناب از او ممکن نیست.
    ejtenâb az u momken nist.
    It is impossible to avoid him.

Derived terms
  • اجتناب کردن (ejtenâb kardan, “to avoid”)

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic اِجْتِنَاب (ijtināb), verbal noun of اِجْتَنَبَ (ijtanaba).

Noun

اجتناب • (ijtināb) m (Hindi spelling इज्तिनाब)

  1. abstention, evasion, go by
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