استمناء

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَمْنَى (istamnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tim.naːʔ/
• Rhymes: -aːʔ

Noun

اِسْتِمْنَاء • (istimnāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَمْنَى (istamnā) (form X)
2. male masturbation

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِمْنَاء (istimnāʔ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِسْتِمْنَاء istimnāʔ	الِاسْتِمْنَاء al-istimnāʔ	اِسْتِمْنَاء istimnāʔ
nominative	اِسْتِمْنَاءٌ istimnāʔun	الِاسْتِمْنَاءُ al-istimnāʔu	اِسْتِمْنَاءُ istimnāʔu
accusative	اِسْتِمْنَاءً istimnāʔan	الِاسْتِمْنَاءَ al-istimnāʔa	اِسْتِمْنَاءَ istimnāʔa
genitive	اِسْتِمْنَاءٍ istimnāʔin	الِاسْتِمْنَاءِ al-istimnāʔi	اِسْتِمْنَاءِ istimnāʔi

Related terms

• استمنى

See also

• استرجاز (female)
• عادَة سريَة (masturbation in general)

Persian

Alternative forms

• استمنا

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِمْنَاء (istimnāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tim.ˈnɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪm.nɑ́ːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪm.nɑ́ːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪm.nɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰim.nɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰem.nɒ́ːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰim.nɔ́ʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	istimnā'
Dari reading?	istimnā'
Iranian reading?	estemnâ'
Tajik reading?	istimno'

Noun

استمناء • (estemnâ')

1. male masturbation

   Synonyms: خودارضایی (xod-erzâyi); جلق (jalq); (female) استرجاز (esterjâz); (female) استشهاء (estešhâ')

Derived terms

• استمنا کردن (estemnâ kardan)

Further reading

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