محتسب

Arabic

Root
ح س ب (ḥ-s-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِحْتَسَبَ (iḥtasaba, “to debit”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muħ.ta.sib/

Noun

مُحْتَسِب • (muḥtasib) (feminine مُحْتَسِبَة (muḥtasiba), masculine plural مُحْتَسِبُونَ (muḥtasibūna), feminine plural مُحْتَسِبَات (muḥtasibāt))

1. ombudsman, superintendent of weights and measures

Declension

Declension of noun مُحْتَسِب (muḥtasib)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُحْتَسِب muḥtasib	الْمُحْتَسِب al-muḥtasib	مُحْتَسِب muḥtasib	مُحْتَسِبَة muḥtasiba	الْمُحْتَسِبَة al-muḥtasiba	مُحْتَسِبَة muḥtasibat
Nominative	مُحْتَسِبٌ muḥtasibun	الْمُحْتَسِبُ al-muḥtasibu	مُحْتَسِبُ muḥtasibu	مُحْتَسِبَةٌ muḥtasibatun	الْمُحْتَسِبَةُ al-muḥtasibatu	مُحْتَسِبَةُ muḥtasibatu
Accusative	مُحْتَسِبًا muḥtasiban	الْمُحْتَسِبَ al-muḥtasiba	مُحْتَسِبَ muḥtasiba	مُحْتَسِبَةً muḥtasibatan	الْمُحْتَسِبَةَ al-muḥtasibata	مُحْتَسِبَةَ muḥtasibata
Genitive	مُحْتَسِبٍ muḥtasibin	الْمُحْتَسِبِ al-muḥtasibi	مُحْتَسِبِ muḥtasibi	مُحْتَسِبَةٍ muḥtasibatin	الْمُحْتَسِبَةِ al-muḥtasibati	مُحْتَسِبَةِ muḥtasibati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُحْتَسِبَيْن muḥtasibayn	الْمُحْتَسِبَيْن al-muḥtasibayn	مُحْتَسِبَيْ muḥtasibay	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْن muḥtasibatayn	الْمُحْتَسِبَتَيْن al-muḥtasibatayn	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْ muḥtasibatay
Nominative	مُحْتَسِبَانِ muḥtasibāni	الْمُحْتَسِبَانِ al-muḥtasibāni	مُحْتَسِبَا muḥtasibā	مُحْتَسِبَتَانِ muḥtasibatāni	الْمُحْتَسِبَتَانِ al-muḥtasibatāni	مُحْتَسِبَتَا muḥtasibatā
Accusative	مُحْتَسِبَيْنِ muḥtasibayni	الْمُحْتَسِبَيْنِ al-muḥtasibayni	مُحْتَسِبَيْ muḥtasibay	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْنِ muḥtasibatayni	الْمُحْتَسِبَتَيْنِ al-muḥtasibatayni	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْ muḥtasibatay
Genitive	مُحْتَسِبَيْنِ muḥtasibayni	الْمُحْتَسِبَيْنِ al-muḥtasibayni	مُحْتَسِبَيْ muḥtasibay	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْنِ muḥtasibatayni	الْمُحْتَسِبَتَيْنِ al-muḥtasibatayni	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْ muḥtasibatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُحْتَسِبِين muḥtasibīn	الْمُحْتَسِبِين al-muḥtasibīn	مُحْتَسِبِي muḥtasibī	مُحْتَسِبَات muḥtasibāt	الْمُحْتَسِبَات al-muḥtasibāt	مُحْتَسِبَات muḥtasibāt
Nominative	مُحْتَسِبُونَ muḥtasibūna	الْمُحْتَسِبُونَ al-muḥtasibūna	مُحْتَسِبُو muḥtasibū	مُحْتَسِبَاتٌ muḥtasibātun	الْمُحْتَسِبَاتُ al-muḥtasibātu	مُحْتَسِبَاتُ muḥtasibātu
Accusative	مُحْتَسِبِينَ muḥtasibīna	الْمُحْتَسِبِينَ al-muḥtasibīna	مُحْتَسِبِي muḥtasibī	مُحْتَسِبَاتٍ muḥtasibātin	الْمُحْتَسِبَاتِ al-muḥtasibāti	مُحْتَسِبَاتِ muḥtasibāti
Genitive	مُحْتَسِبِينَ muḥtasibīna	الْمُحْتَسِبِينَ al-muḥtasibīna	مُحْتَسِبِي muḥtasibī	مُحْتَسِبَاتٍ muḥtasibātin	الْمُحْتَسِبَاتِ al-muḥtasibāti	مُحْتَسِبَاتِ muḥtasibāti

Descendants

• → Persian: محتسب
  • → Urdu: محتسب
  • → Azerbaijani: möhtəsib
  • → Ottoman Turkish: محتسب
    • Turkish: muhtesib
• → Uzbek: muhtasib

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محتسب (muhtasib), from Arabic مُحْتَسِب (muḥtasib), active participle of اِحْتَسَبَ (iḥtasaba).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /moːɦ.t̪ə.sɪb/

Noun

مُحتَسِب • (mohtasib) m (Hindi spelling मुहतसिब)

1. ombudsman, censor

References

• “محتسب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “محتسب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.