استعمار

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tiʕ.maːr/

Noun

اِسْتِعْمَار • (istiʕmār) m

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَعْمَرَ (istaʕmara) (form X)
2. cultivation
3. colonization
4. imperialism

   Synonym: إِمْبِرْيَالِيَّة (ʔimbiryāliyya)

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِعْمَار (istiʕmār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِعْمَار istiʕmār	الِاسْتِعْمَار al-istiʕmār	اِسْتِعْمَار istiʕmār
Nominative	اِسْتِعْمَارٌ istiʕmārun	الِاسْتِعْمَارُ al-istiʕmāru	اِسْتِعْمَارُ istiʕmāru
Accusative	اِسْتِعْمَارًا istiʕmāran	الِاسْتِعْمَارَ al-istiʕmāra	اِسْتِعْمَارَ istiʕmāra
Genitive	اِسْتِعْمَارٍ istiʕmārin	الِاسْتِعْمَارِ al-istiʕmāri	اِسْتِعْمَارِ istiʕmāri

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “استعمار”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “استعمار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِعْمَار (istiʕmār).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tiʔ.ˈmɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰe̞ʔ.mɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰe̞ʔ.mɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰeː.mɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰeː.mɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰeʔ.mɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰeʔ.mɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	isti'mār
Dari reading?	iste'mār
Iranian reading?	este'mâr
Tajik reading?	isteʾmor

Noun

استعمار • (este'mâr)

1. colonization

   Synonym: امپریالیسم (emperîyâlîsm, amperîyalîsm, amperîyâlizm)

   Synonym: اِستِکبار (estekbâr)

Derived terms

• استعمار کردن (este'mâr kardan, “to colonize”)
• استعمارگر (este'mârgar, “colonialist”)
  • استعمارگری (este'mârgari, “colonialism”)
  • استعمارگرایی (este'mârgarâyi, “colonialism”)