اختیار

See also: اختيار‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِخْتِيَار‎ (iḵtiyār).

Noun

اختیار • (ihtiyar)

election

Descendants

Turkish: ihtiyar

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic اِخْتِيَار‎ (iḵtiyār, “choice”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ixtiːˈjɑːɾ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɪxtiːˈjɑːɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /extiːˈjɒːɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ixtiˈjɔɾ/

Rhymes: -âr

Noun

Iranian Persian	اختیار
Dari	اختیار
Tajik	ихтиёр (ixtiyor)

اختیار • (extiyâr)

Synonyms

خیار‎ (xiyâr)

Derived terms

اختیاری‎ (extiyâri)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (extiyâr), from Arabic اِخْتِيَار‎ (iḵtiyār, “choice”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪx.t̪ɪ.jɑːɾ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɪx.t̪ɪ.jɑːɾ/

Noun

اِختِیار • (ixtiyār) m (Hindi spelling इख़्तियार)

power, authority, jurisdiction
choice, adoption, control, discretion, option
imprimatur

Derived terms

اختیاری‎ (ixtiyārī)

Further reading

“اختیار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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