اختيار

See also: اختیار

Arabic

Root
خ ي ر (ḵ-y-r)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ix.ti.jaːr/

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Noun

اِخْتِيَار • (iḵtiyār) m (plural اِخْتِيَارَات (iḵtiyārāt))

1. (uncountable) verbal noun of اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra) (form VIII)
2. choice
3. election
4. (philosophy) free will

Declension

Declension of noun اِخْتِيَار (iḵtiyār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِخْتِيَار iḵtiyār	الِاخْتِيَار al-iḵtiyār	اِخْتِيَار iḵtiyār
Nominative	اِخْتِيَارٌ iḵtiyārun	الِاخْتِيَارُ al-iḵtiyāru	اِخْتِيَارُ iḵtiyāru
Accusative	اِخْتِيَارًا iḵtiyāran	الِاخْتِيَارَ al-iḵtiyāra	اِخْتِيَارَ iḵtiyāra
Genitive	اِخْتِيَارٍ iḵtiyārin	الِاخْتِيَارِ al-iḵtiyāri	اِخْتِيَارِ iḵtiyāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِخْتِيَارَيْن iḵtiyārayn	الِاخْتِيَارَيْن al-iḵtiyārayn	اِخْتِيَارَيْ iḵtiyāray
Nominative	اِخْتِيَارَانِ iḵtiyārāni	الِاخْتِيَارَانِ al-iḵtiyārāni	اِخْتِيَارَا iḵtiyārā
Accusative	اِخْتِيَارَيْنِ iḵtiyārayni	الِاخْتِيَارَيْنِ al-iḵtiyārayni	اِخْتِيَارَيْ iḵtiyāray
Genitive	اِخْتِيَارَيْنِ iḵtiyārayni	الِاخْتِيَارَيْنِ al-iḵtiyārayni	اِخْتِيَارَيْ iḵtiyāray
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِخْتِيَارَات iḵtiyārāt	الِاخْتِيَارَات al-iḵtiyārāt	اِخْتِيَارَات iḵtiyārāt
Nominative	اِخْتِيَارَاتٌ iḵtiyārātun	الِاخْتِيَارَاتُ al-iḵtiyārātu	اِخْتِيَارَاتُ iḵtiyārātu
Accusative	اِخْتِيَارَاتٍ iḵtiyārātin	الِاخْتِيَارَاتِ al-iḵtiyārāti	اِخْتِيَارَاتِ iḵtiyārāti
Genitive	اِخْتِيَارَاتٍ iḵtiyārātin	الِاخْتِيَارَاتِ al-iḵtiyārāti	اِخْتِيَارَاتِ iḵtiyārāti

Derived terms

• اِخْتِيَارِيّ (iḵtiyāriyy)

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: اختیار (ixtiyâr)
  • → Avar: ихтияр (ixtijar)
  • → Azerbaijani: ixtiyar
  • → Bashkir: ихтыяр (ixtıyar)
  • → Bengali: এখতিয়ার (ekhtiẏar)
  • → Chagatai: اختیار
    • Uyghur: ئىختىيار (ixtiyar)
    • Uzbek: ixtiyor
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इख़्तियार (ixtiyār)

    Urdu: اختیار (ixtiyār)

  • → Kazakh: ықтияр (yqtiär)
  • → Kyrgyz: ыктыяр (ıktıyar)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اختیار (ihtiyar)
    • Turkish: ihtiyar
  • → Vaghri: અખત્યાર (akhatyār)
• → Malay: ikhtiar
  • Indonesian: ikhtiar

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “اختيار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “خير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN