احتیاط

Persian

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Arabic اِحْتَاطَ (iḥtāṭa)

Arabic اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ)bor.

Persian احتیاط

Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ), from اِحْتَاطَ (iḥtāṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔih.ti.ˈjaːt/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.t̪ʰi.jɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪ʰi.jɒ́ːt̪ʰ]

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

• Rhymes: -aːt

Readings
Classical reading?	ihtiyāt
Dari reading?	ehtiyāt
Iranian reading?	ehtiyât
Tajik reading?	ehtiyot

Noun

احتیاط • (ihtiyāt / ehtiyât) (Tajik spelling эҳтиёт)

1. precaution, care, caution
   • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 522”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[1]:

     دلم شکستی و رفتی خلاف شرط مودت
     به احتیاط رو اکنون که آبگینه شکستی

     dil-am šikastī u raftī xilāf-i šart-i mawaddat
     ba ihtiyāt raw aknūn ki ābgīna šikastī

     You broke my heart and left, against the rules of love.
     Leave carefully now, for you have broken your mirror.

     (Classical Persian transliteration.)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: एहतियात (ehtiyāt)

  Urdu: اِحْتِیَاط (ihtiyāt)

• → Uyghur: ئېھتىيات (ëhtiyat)
• → Uzbek: ehtiyot

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “احتیاط”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “احتیاط”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.

Urdu

Etymology

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Arabic اِحْتَاطَ (iḥtāṭa)

Arabic اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ)bor.

Classical Persian اِحْتِیَاط (ihtiyāt)bor.

Urdu احتیاط

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِحْتِیَاط (ihtiyāt), borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ), from اِحْتَاطَ (iḥtāṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪɦ.t̪ɪ.jɑːt̪/

Noun

اِحْتِیَاط • (ihtiyāt) f (Hindi spelling एहतियात)

1. prudence
2. precaution, care, caution, wariness