مطلقا

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mutˤ.la.qan/

Noun

مُطْلَقًا • (muṭlaqan)

1. indefinite accusative singular of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq)
2. adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mütləqa
• → Ottoman Turkish: مطلقا
  • Turkish: mutlaka
• → Persian: مطلقا (motlaqan)
• → Urdu: مطلقا (mutlaqan)
• → Uzbek: mutlaqo

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُطْلَقًا (muṭlaqan), adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq).

Adverb

مطلقا • (mutlaka)

1. absolutely

Descendants

• Turkish: mutlaka
• → Armenian: մու՛թլախա (mútʻlaxa)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مطلقا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1892

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُطْلَقًا (muṭlaqan), adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq). By surface analysis, مطلق (motlaq) +‎ ـاً (-an).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mut.la.qan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊt̪.lä.qän]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊt̪.lä.qän]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊt̪.lä.qän]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mut̪.lä.qän]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mot̪.læ.ʁæn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mut̪.lä.qän]

Readings
Classical reading?	mutlaqan
Dari reading?	mutlaqan
Iranian reading?	motlağan
Tajik reading?	mutlaqan

Adverb

Dari	مطلقا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мутлақан

مطلقاً • (motlaqan)

1. absolutely

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مطلقا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُطْلَقًا (muṭlaqan), adverbial accusative of مُطْلَق (muṭlaq).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊt̪.lə.qən/

Adverb

مُطْلَقاً • (mutlaqan) (Hindi spelling मुतलक़न)

1. entirely, altogether, absolutely

Further reading

• “مطلقا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مطلقا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “مطلقا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.