استبداد

See also: استبد

Arabic

Root
ب د د (b d d)
5 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tib.daːd/
• Rhymes: -aːd

Noun

اِسْتِبْدَاد • (istibdād) m

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَبَدَّ (istabadda) (form X)
2. tyranny, authoritarianism, despotism

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِسْتِبْدَاد istibdād	الِاسْتِبْدَاد al-istibdād	اِسْتِبْدَاد istibdād
nominative	اِسْتِبْدَادٌ istibdādun	الِاسْتِبْدَادُ al-istibdādu	اِسْتِبْدَادُ istibdādu
accusative	اِسْتِبْدَادًا istibdādan	الِاسْتِبْدَادَ al-istibdāda	اِسْتِبْدَادَ istibdāda
genitive	اِسْتِبْدَادٍ istibdādin	الِاسْتِبْدَادِ al-istibdādi	اِسْتِبْدَادِ istibdādi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: istibdad
• → Northern Kurdish: istibdad
• → Indonesian: istibdad
• → Ottoman Turkish: استبداد (istibdad)
  • Turkish: istibdat
  • Crimean Tatar: istibdat
• → Persian: استبداد (estebdâd)
  • → Tajik: истибдод (istibdod)
  • → Urdu: اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād)
• → Uzbek: istibdod

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād).

Noun

استبداد • (istibdad)

1. despotism

Related terms

• مستبد (müstebid)

Descendants

• Turkish: istibdat
• Crimean Tatar: istibdat

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “istibdat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.t̪ɪb.d̪ɑːd̪/

Noun

اِسْتِبْدَاد • (istibdād) m (Hindi spelling इस्तिब्दाद)

1. despotism

References

• “استبداد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “استبداد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “استبداد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.