اجازت

See also: إجازة, اجازه, أحارب, and أجارت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِجَازَة (ʔijāza, “permission, authorization”).

Noun

اجازت • (icazet) (definite accusative اجازتی (icazeti), plural اجازتلر (icazetler))

1. permission, authorization, granting, leave, a formal consent from someone in authority

   Synonyms: اذن (izn, izin), دستور (düstur), رخصت (ruhsat), مساعده (müsâʼade)

2. diploma or doctorate given to students of a madrasa to teach and act as a professor

   Synonyms: اجازت تذكره‌سی (icazet tezkeresi), اجازتنامه (icazetname)

Derived terms

• اجازت آلمق (icazet almak, “to receive permission”)
• اجازت تذكره‌سی (icazet tezkeresi, “diploma for students of a madrasah”)
• اجازتده (icazetdıh, “who gives permission”)
• اجازتسز (icazetsiz, “unauthorized”)
• اجازتلمك (icazetlemek, “to mark a document”)
• اجازتنامه (icazetname, “diploma for students of a madrasah”)

Descendants

• Turkish: icazet

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “icazet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2078
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “icâzet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 485
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اجازت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 51a
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Licentia”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 948
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “اجازت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 56
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “icazet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اجازت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 26

Punjabi

Etymology

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Arabic إِجَازَة (ʔijāza)bor.

Classical Persian اِجَازَه (ijāza)bor.

Punjabi اِجازَت

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِجَازَه (ijāza), borrowed from Arabic إِجَازَة (ʔijāza).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /iː.d͡ʒäː.zət̪/, [iː.ˈd͡ʒäː.zət̪(ə̆)]

Noun

اِجازَت • (ījāzat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਇਜਾਜ਼ਤ)

1. permission; authorization
2. (by extension) option (ie. will)

Declension

Declension of اجازت

	singular	plural
direct	اِجازَت (ījāzat)	اِجازَتاں (ījāzatāṉ)
oblique	اِجازَت (ījāzat)	اِجازَتاں (ījāzatāṉ)
vocative	اِجازَتے (ījāzate)	اِجازَتو (ījāzato)
ablative	اِجازَتوں (ījāzatoṉ)	—
locative	اِجازَتی (ījāzatī)	اِجازَتِیں (ījāzatīṉ)
instrumental	اِجازَتے (ījāzate)	اِجازَتِیں (ījāzatīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “اِجازَت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz], page 58
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “اجازت”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਇਜਾਜ਼ਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Sindhi

Etymology

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Arabic إِجَازَة (ʔijāza)bor.

Classical Persian اِجَازَه (ijāza)bor.

Sindhi اجازت

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِجَازَه (ijāza), borrowed from Arabic إِجَازَة (ʔijāza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪd͡ʒaːzət̪ə/

Noun

اِجازَتَ • (ijāzata) f (Devanagari इजाज़त)

1. permission

Declension

Declension of اِجازَتَ (fem a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	اِجازَتَ ijāzata	اِجازَتُون, اِجازَتان1 ijāzatū̃, ijāzatā̃1
oblique	اِجازَتَ ijāzata	اِجازَتُنِ, اِجازَتان1 ijāzatuni, ijāzatā̃1
vocative	اِجازَتَ ijāzata	اِجازَتُون, اِجازَتان1 ijāzatū̃, ijāzatā̃1

¹Siroli.

References

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “اِجازَتَ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ, page 100
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “اِجازت , اَجازد”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 6
• “اجازت”, in हिंदी-सिंधी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (hindī-sindhī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Hindi-Sindhi-English Trilingual Dictionary]‎^[6] (in Hindi), volume 1, केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 76
• Sindhi Language Authority (2026), “اجازت”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[7]

Urdu

Etymology

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Arabic إِجَازَة (ʔijāza)bor.

Classical Persian اِجَازَه (ijāza)bor.

Urdu اجازت

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِجَازَه (ijāza), borrowed from Arabic إِجَازَة (ʔijāza).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪ.d͡ʒɑː.zət̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Audio (India):

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• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: اِ‧جا‧زَت

Noun

اِجازَت • (ijāzat) f (Hindi spelling इजाज़त)

1. permission, authorisation, clearance

   وہ تمہیں اس کام کرنے کی اجازت نہیں دیں گے۔

   vo tumhẽ is kām karne kī ijāzat nahī̃ dẽ ge.

   They will not permit you to do such a thing.

2. consent
3. (formal) leave

   ہمیں اجازت دیجئے

   hamẽ ijāzat dījiye

   (With your permission) let us be on our way

   (literally, “please give us permission”)

Declension

Declension of اجازت

	singular	plural
direct	اِجازَت (ijāzat)	اِجازَتیں (ijāzatẽ)
oblique	اِجازَت (ijāzat)	اِجازَتوں (ijāzatõ)
vocative	اِجازَت (ijāzat)	اِجازَتو (ijāzato)

Derived terms

• اجازت دینا (ijāzat denā, “to allow, permit”)
• اِجازَت نامَہ (ijāzat nāma, “licence, deed of permission”)

See also

Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ج و ز (0 c, 4 e)

References

• “اجازت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اجازت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.