اطاعت

See also: أطاعت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic إِطَاعَة (ʔiṭāʕa).

Noun

اطاعت • (ita'at)

1. obedience

   اطاعت عسكریه ― ita'at-i askeriye ― military discipline

2. submission

Derived terms

• اطاعتسز (ita'atsiz, “disobedient”)
• اطاعتلی (ita'atli, “obedient”)

Descendants

• Turkish: itaat

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اطاعت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 106
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “itaat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اطاعت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 149
• Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِطَاعَة (ʔiṭāʕa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔi.taː.ˈʔat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.t̪ʰɑː.ʔát̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.t̪ʰɑː.ʔát̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.t̪ʰɔːát̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe.t̪ʰɒː.ʔǽt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.t̪ʰɔ.ʔát̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	itā'at
Dari reading?	itā'at
Iranian reading?	etâ'at
Tajik reading?	ito'at

Noun

اطاعت • (itā'at / etâ'at) (Tajik spelling итоат)

1. obedience

   اطاعت از دستور ― etâ'at az dastur ― obedience to orders

   • c. 1070, Nāṣir Khusraw, وجه دین [Wajh-i Dīn]‎^[3]:

     اگر گوید که آنکس که مسلمانان او را امام کردند او امام حق بود و اطاعت او واجب بود از بهر آنکه خبر است از رسول علیه السلام […]

     agar gōyad ki ān kas ki musalmānān ō rā imām kardand ō imām-i haqq buwad u itā'at-i ō wājib buwad az bahr-i ān ki xabar ast az rasūl alayhi s-salām […]

     If he says that the person whom the Muslims make the Imam is the true Imam, and that obedience to him is obligatory based on what is reported from the Prophet, peace be upon him […]

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• اطاعت کردن (etâ'at kardan)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic أَطَاعَ (ʔaṭāʕa)

Arabic إِطَاعَة (ʔiṭāʕa)bor.

Classical Persian اِطَاعَت (itā'at)bor.

Urdu اِطاعَت

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِطَاعَت (itā'at), borrowed from Arabic إِطَاعَة (ʔiṭāʕa), from أَطَاعَ (ʔaṭāʕa). First attested in c. 1500 as Middle Hindi اِطاعَت (at̤a't /⁠itā'at⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): [ɪ.t̪ɑː.ʔət̪], [ɪ.t̪ɑːə̯t̪]
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): [ɪ.t̪ɑːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: اِ‧طا‧عَت

Noun

اِطاعَت • (itā'at) f (Hindi spelling इताअत)

1. obedience
2. submission

Declension

Declension of اطاعت

	singular	plural
direct	اِطاعَت (itā'at)	اِطاعَتیں (itā'atẽ)
oblique	اِطاعَت (itā'at)	اِطاعَتوں (itā'atõ)
vocative	اِطاعَت (itā'at)	اِطاعَتو (itā'ato)

Further reading

• “اطاعت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اطاعت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.