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اعتبار

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Arabic

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Root
ع ب ر (ʕ b r)
14 terms

Etymology

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    Verbal noun of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).

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    Noun

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    اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibārm (plural اِعْتِبَارَات (iʕtibārāt))

    1. verbal noun of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara) (form VIII)
    2. regard, respect
      اِعْتِبَارًا لِ/بِ...iʕtibāran li/bi...with respect to...
      بِ/عَلَى ٱعْتِبَارِ أَنْ...bi/ʕalā ʕtibāri ʔan...considering that...

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    Ottoman Turkish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār, regard, respect).

    Noun

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    اعتبار (i’tibâr) (definite accusative اعتباری (i’tibârı), plural اعتبارات (i’tibârât))

    1. consideration, esteem, reputation, regard, standing, repute, fame, the worth or estimation in which something or someone is held or considered
      Synonyms: اوك (üñ), شان (şan), شهرت (şöhret), صان (san)
    2. prestige, credit, respect, the quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is or how favourably something or someone is regarded
      Synonyms: حیثیت (haysiyet), شرف (şeref)
    3. (finance) credit, a privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid

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    Persian

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār), from اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).

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      Readings
      Classical reading? i'tiḇār
      Dari reading? e'tibār
      Iranian reading? e'tebâr
      Tajik reading? eʾtibor

      Noun

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      Dari اعتبار
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik эътибор

      اعتبار (e'tebâr)

      1. confidence; trust
        • 1705, Guru Gobind Singh, “verse 15”, in ظفرنامه [Zafarnama]:
          کسی قول قرآن کند اعتبار
          همان روز آخر شود مردخوار
          kasē qawl-i qur'ān kunad i'tibār
          hamān rōz-i āxar šawad mard-i xwār
          Whoever puts stock in a vow [made] on the Qur'an
          Will be a wretched man on the final day.
          (Classical romanization)
      2. validity, credibility; reliability
      3. credit

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      Urdu

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Classical Persian اِعْتِبَار (i'tibār), borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār), from اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).

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        Noun

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        اِعْتِبار (iʻtibārm (Hindi spelling एतबार)

        1. trust, confidence
        2. credibility
        3. reliability
        4. honesty, rightfulness

        Declension

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        Declension of اعتبار
        singular plural
        direct اعتبار (iʻtibār) اعتبار (iʻtibār)
        oblique اعتبار (iʻtibār) اعتباروں (iʻtibārõ)
        vocative اعتبار (iʻtibār) اعتبارو (iʻtibāro)

        Further reading

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        • اعتبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
        • اعتبار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
        • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اعتبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
        • Platts, John T. (1884) “اعتبار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.