اقتصاد

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِقْتَصَدَ‎ (iqtaṣada), from the root ق ص د‎ (q-ṣ-d).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iq.ti.sˤaːd/
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Noun

اِقْتِصَاد • (iqtiṣād) m

  1. verbal noun of اِقْتَصَدَ‎ (iqtaṣada) (form VIII)
  2. economy (“frugal use of resources”)
    Antonyms: إِسْرَاف‎ (ʔisrāf), سَرَف‎ (saraf), تَبْذِير‎ (tabḏīr)
    • a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, quoting Sahl ibn Hārūn, “رسالة سهل بن هارون”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, fifth edition, Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, page 48:
      ‏وَعِبْتُمْ عَلَيَّ قَوْلِي: مَنْ لَمْ يَتَعَرَّفْ مَوَاقِعَ السَّرَفِ فِي الْمَوْجُودِ الرَّخِيصِ، لَمْ يَعْرِفْ مَوَاقِعَ ٱلِٱقْتِصَادِ فِي الْمُمْتَنِعِ الْغَالِي‎
      waʕibtum ʕalayya qawlī: man lam yataʕarraf mawāqiʕa s-sarafi fī l-mawjūdi r-raḵīṣi, lam yaʕrif mawāqiʕa l-iqtiṣādi fī l-mumtaniʕi l-ḡālī
      You mocked me for saying that the man who does not know how to economise with inexpensive things will be ignorant of thrift when it comes to items hors de prix.
      Translated by Jim Colville
  3. economy (“system of production and distribution”)
  4. economics

Declension
Declension of noun اِقْتِصَاد (iqtiṣād)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِقْتِصَاد
iqtiṣād		 الِاقْتِصَاد‎
al-iqtiṣād		 اِقْتِصَاد
iqtiṣād
Nominative اِقْتِصَادٌ
iqtiṣādun		 الِاقْتِصَادُ‎
al-iqtiṣādu		 اِقْتِصَادُ
iqtiṣādu
Accusative اِقْتِصَادًا‎
iqtiṣādan		 الِاقْتِصَادَ‎
al-iqtiṣāda		 اِقْتِصَادَ
iqtiṣāda
Genitive اِقْتِصَادٍ
iqtiṣādin		 الِاقْتِصَادِ‎
al-iqtiṣādi		 اِقْتِصَادِ
iqtiṣādi

Descendants

References
  • Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “اقتصاد”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic اِقْتِصَاد‎ (iqtiṣād).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iɡtiˈsˤaːd/
    • IPA(key): [ɪqtɪˈsˤaːd] ([q] pronunciation)

Noun

اِقْتِصَاد • (iɡtiṣād) m (plural اِقْتِصَادات‎ (iɡtiṣādāt))

  1. economy
  2. economics

Usage notes

Both [q] and [g] are common pronunciations.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِقْتِصَاد‎ (iqtiṣād).

Noun

اقتصاد • (iktisâd)

  1. an acting with moderation
  2. an inditing a poem (قصیده)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِقْتِصَاد‎ (iqtiṣād).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /iqtiˈsɔd/

Noun
Dari اقتصاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik иқтисод (iqtisod)

اقتصاد • (eqtesâd)

  1. economy

Derived terms
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