احترام

Arabic

Root
ح ر م (ḥ-r-m)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iħ.ti.raːm/

Noun

اِحْتِرَام • (iḥtirām) m

1. verbal noun of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama, “to respect”) (form VIII)
2. respect

Declension

Declension of noun اِحْتِرَام (iḥtirām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِحْتِرَام iḥtirām	الِاحْتِرَام al-iḥtirām	اِحْتِرَام iḥtirām
Nominative	اِحْتِرَامٌ iḥtirāmun	الِاحْتِرَامُ al-iḥtirāmu	اِحْتِرَامُ iḥtirāmu
Accusative	اِحْتِرَامًا iḥtirāman	الِاحْتِرَامَ al-iḥtirāma	اِحْتِرَامَ iḥtirāma
Genitive	اِحْتِرَامٍ iḥtirāmin	الِاحْتِرَامِ al-iḥtirāmi	اِحْتِرَامِ iḥtirāmi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ehtiram
• → Bashkir: ихтирам (ixtiram)
• → Ottoman Turkish: احترام (iḥtirām)

  > Turkish: ihtiram (inherited)

• → Persian: احترام
  • → Urdu: احترام
• → Tatar: ихтирам (ixtiram)
• → Uyghur: ئېھتىرام (ëhtiram)
• → Uzbek: ehtirom

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِرَام (iḥtirām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔih.ti.ˈɾɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪ʰe.ɹɒ́ːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	ihtirām
Dari reading?	ehtirām
Iranian reading?	ehterâm
Tajik reading?	ehtirom

Noun

Dari	احترام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	эҳтиром

اِحتِرام • (ehterâm) (plural اِحتِرامات (ehterâmât))

1. respect, deference

   احترام متقابل ― ehterâm-e motaqâbel ― mutual respect

Derived terms

• احترام کردن (ehterâm kardan)
• احترام گذاشتن (ehterâm gozâštan)

 

Related terms

• محترم (mohteram)

Proper noun

احترام • (ehterâm)

1. a female given name, Ehteram, from Arabic

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian احترام (ihtirām), from Arabic اِحْتِرَام (iḥtirām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɦ.t̪ɪ.ɾɑːm/, /eɦ.t̪e.ɾɑːm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

اِحْتِرام • (ihtirām) m (Hindi spelling एहतिराम)

1. respect, honour
2. consideration, regardfulness
3. attention

References

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