استقبال

See also: استقتال

Arabic

Root
ق ب ل (q-b-l)

Etymology

From اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala), to turn one’s face toward someone, from قَبِلَ (qabila), to receive hospitably.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tiq.baːl/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /stiq.baːl/

Noun

اِسْتِقْبَال • (istiqbāl) m (plural اِسْتِقْبَالَات (istiqbālāt))

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَقْبَلَ (istaqbala) (form X)
2. reception
3. (astronomy) opposition
4. (astronomy) full moon
5. the future

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِقْبَال (istiqbāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِقْبَال istiqbāl	الِاسْتِقْبَال al-istiqbāl	اِسْتِقْبَال istiqbāl
Nominative	اِسْتِقْبَالٌ istiqbālun	الِاسْتِقْبَالُ al-istiqbālu	اِسْتِقْبَالُ istiqbālu
Accusative	اِسْتِقْبَالًا istiqbālan	الِاسْتِقْبَالَ al-istiqbāla	اِسْتِقْبَالَ istiqbāla
Genitive	اِسْتِقْبَالٍ istiqbālin	الِاسْتِقْبَالِ al-istiqbāli	اِسْتِقْبَالِ istiqbāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِقْبَالَيْن istiqbālayn	الِاسْتِقْبَالَيْن al-istiqbālayn	اِسْتِقْبَالَيْ istiqbālay
Nominative	اِسْتِقْبَالَانِ istiqbālāni	الِاسْتِقْبَالَانِ al-istiqbālāni	اِسْتِقْبَالَا istiqbālā
Accusative	اِسْتِقْبَالَيْنِ istiqbālayni	الِاسْتِقْبَالَيْنِ al-istiqbālayni	اِسْتِقْبَالَيْ istiqbālay
Genitive	اِسْتِقْبَالَيْنِ istiqbālayni	الِاسْتِقْبَالَيْنِ al-istiqbālayni	اِسْتِقْبَالَيْ istiqbālay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِقْبَالَات istiqbālāt	الِاسْتِقْبَالَات al-istiqbālāt	اِسْتِقْبَالَات istiqbālāt
Nominative	اِسْتِقْبَالَاتٌ istiqbālātun	الِاسْتِقْبَالَاتُ al-istiqbālātu	اِسْتِقْبَالَاتُ istiqbālātu
Accusative	اِسْتِقْبَالَاتٍ istiqbālātin	الِاسْتِقْبَالَاتِ al-istiqbālāti	اِسْتِقْبَالَاتِ istiqbālāti
Genitive	اِسْتِقْبَالَاتٍ istiqbālātin	الِاسْتِقْبَالَاتِ al-istiqbālāti	اِسْتِقْبَالَاتِ istiqbālāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: istiqbal
• → Ottoman Turkish: استقبال
  • Turkish: istikbal
• → Persian: اِستِقبال (esteqbâl)
  • → Bengali: এস্তেকবাল (estekbal)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इस्तक़बाल (istaqbāl), इस्तिक़बाल (istiqbāl)

    Urdu: استقبال (istiqbāl)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਇਸਤਕਬਾਲ (isatkabāl)

    Shahmukhi script: استقبال (istiqbāl)

• → Uyghur: ئىستىقبال (istiqbal)
• → Uzbek: istiqbol

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ب ل
10 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتِقْبَال (istiqbāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tiɡ.baːl/, [ɪs.tɪɡ.baːl]

Noun

استقبال • (istigbāl) m (plural استقبالات (istigbālāt))

1. welcome, hail, reception
2. receiving

Derived terms

Derived terms

• الاِستقبال (al-istigbāl, “reception (front desk)”)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِقْبَال (istiqbāl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tiq.ˈbɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪq.bɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪq.bɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪq.bɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰiq.bɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰeʁ.bɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰiq.bɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	istiqbāl
Dari reading?	istiqbāl
Iranian reading?	esteğbâl
Tajik reading?	istiqbol

Noun

Dari	استقبال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	истиқбол

اِستِقبال • (esteqbâl)

1. welcoming, reception, going out to meet
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 2687:

     از فرح خلقی به استقبال رفت
     او در آمد از ره دزدیده تفت

     az farah xalqī ba istiqbāl raft
     ō dar-āmad az rah-i duzdidā taft

     A [great] multitude joyfully went out to meet him, [but] he entered [the city] in haste and furtively.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (poetry) response poem (poem with same meter and rhyme as another, intended as a reply to it)

   Synonym: جواب (javâb)

Descendants

• → Bengali: এস্তেকবাল (estekbal)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इस्तक़बाल (istaqbāl), इस्तिक़बाल (istiqbāl)

  Urdu: استقبال (istiqbāl)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਇਸਤਕਬਾਲ (isatkabāl)

  Shahmukhi script: استقبال (istiqbāl)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian استقبال (istiqbāl), from Arabic اِسْتِقْبَال (istiqbāl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.t̪ɪq.bɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Noun

استقبال • (istiqbāl) m (Hindi spelling इस्तक़बाल)

1. welcome, hail, reception