اختیار

See also: اختيار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِخْتِيَار (iḵtiyār).

Noun

اختیار • (ihtiyar)

  1. election

Descendants
  • Turkish: ihtiyar

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic اِخْتِيَار (iḵtiyār, “choice”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔix.t̪ʰi.jɔ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? ixtiyār
Dari reading? ixtiyār
Iranian reading? extiyâr
Tajik reading? ixtiyor
  • Rhymes: -âr

Noun
Dari اختیار
Iranian Persian
Tajik ихтиёр

اِختِیار • (extiyâr) (plural اختیارات (extiyârât))

  1. choice
  2. authority

Synonyms

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اختیار (ixtīyār), from Arabic اِخْتِيَار (iḵtiyār, “choice”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪx.t̪ɪ.jɑːɾ/
  • Audio (Pakistan)(file)
  • Audio (India)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

اِخْتِیار • (ixtiyār) m (formal plural اختیارات, Hindi spelling इख़्तियार)

  1. power, authority, jurisdiction
  2. choice, adoption, control, discretion, option
  3. imprimatur

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “اختیار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “اختیار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اختيار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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