احتمال

Arabic

Root
ح م ل (ḥ-m-l)

Noun

اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl) m

  1. verbal noun of اِحْتَمَلَ (iḥtamala) (form VIII)

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: احتمال (ihtimal)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ehtiˈmɔl/

Noun

Dari احتمال
Iranian Persian
Tajik эҳтимол (ehtimol)

اِحتِمال (ehtemâl) (plural اِحتِمالات (ehtemâlât))

  1. probability
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3053:
      گفت چون وهم است ما هر دو یک‌ایم، در مقام احتمال و در شک‌ایم.
      goft čon vahm ast mâ har do yek-im, dar maqâm-e ehtemâl o dar šakk-im.
      He said, “Since it is [a matter of] opinion, we are both the same: we are [equally] exposed to probability and doubt.
  2. possibility
    Synonym: امکان (emkân)

Derived terms

(verbs)

  • احتمال دادن (ehtemâl dâdan, to consider probable)
  • احتمال داشتن (ehtemâl dâštan, to be probable)

(adjectives)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian احتمال (ehtemâl), from Arabic اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl).

Pronunciation

Noun

احتمال (ehtemāl) m (Hindi spelling एहतिमाल)

  1. possibility, probability, tolerance, verisimilitude, virtuality
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