اعتبار

Arabic

Root
ع ب ر (ʕ b r)
14 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʕ.ti.baːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

اِعْتِبَار • (iʕtibār) m (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...

Declension

Declension of noun اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِعْتِبَار iʕtibār	الِاعْتِبَار al-iʕtibār	اِعْتِبَار iʕtibār
nominative	اِعْتِبَارٌ iʕtibārun	الِاعْتِبَارُ al-iʕtibāru	اِعْتِبَارُ iʕtibāru
accusative	اِعْتِبَارًا iʕtibāran	الِاعْتِبَارَ al-iʕtibāra	اِعْتِبَارَ iʕtibāra
genitive	اِعْتِبَارٍ iʕtibārin	الِاعْتِبَارِ al-iʕtibāri	اِعْتِبَارِ iʕtibāri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِعْتِبَارَيْن iʕtibārayn	الِاعْتِبَارَيْن al-iʕtibārayn	اِعْتِبَارَيْ iʕtibāray
nominative	اِعْتِبَارَانِ iʕtibārāni	الِاعْتِبَارَانِ al-iʕtibārāni	اِعْتِبَارَا iʕtibārā
accusative	اِعْتِبَارَيْنِ iʕtibārayni	الِاعْتِبَارَيْنِ al-iʕtibārayni	اِعْتِبَارَيْ iʕtibāray
genitive	اِعْتِبَارَيْنِ iʕtibārayni	الِاعْتِبَارَيْنِ al-iʕtibārayni	اِعْتِبَارَيْ iʕtibāray
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِعْتِبَارَات iʕtibārāt	الِاعْتِبَارَات al-iʕtibārāt	اِعْتِبَارَات iʕtibārāt
nominative	اِعْتِبَارَاتٌ iʕtibārātun	الِاعْتِبَارَاتُ al-iʕtibārātu	اِعْتِبَارَاتُ iʕtibārātu
accusative	اِعْتِبَارَاتٍ iʕtibārātin	الِاعْتِبَارَاتِ al-iʕtibārāti	اِعْتِبَارَاتِ iʕtibārāti
genitive	اِعْتِبَارَاتٍ iʕtibārātin	الِاعْتِبَارَاتِ al-iʕtibārāti	اِعْتِبَارَاتِ iʕtibārāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: etibar
• → Bashkir: иғтибар (iğtibar)
• → Malay:
  • Indonesian: iktibar
• → Ottoman Turkish: اعتبار (i’tibâr)
  • Turkish: itibar
  • → Armenian: էխտիպար (ēxtipar), իխտիպար (ixtipar), իտտիբար (ittibar), ըխթըբա̈ր (əxtʻəbär), էհտիպար (ēhtipar)
• → Persian: اِعتِبار (e'tebâr)
  • → Gujarati: ઇતબાર (itabār)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: एतबार (etbār), ऐतबार (aitbār)

    Urdu: اعتبار (iʻtibār)

• → Tatar: игътибар (iğtibar)
• → Turkmen: ygtybar, ähtibar
• → Uyghur: ئەتىۋار (etiwar), ئېتىۋار (ëtiwar)
• → Uzbek: eʼtibor

Ottoman Turkish

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Arabic اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara)

Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār)bor.

Ottoman Turkish اعتبار

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• اعتبار ایتمك (i’tibâr etmek, “to esteem, consider”)
• اعتبار بوزلمق (i’tibâr bozulmak, “for one's credit, to be diminished”)
• اعتبار جمعیتی (i’tibâr cemʼiyeti, “credit company”)
• اعتبار صندوغی (iʼtibar sandığı, “credit bank”)
• اعتباراً (i’tibâren, “starting from, as from”)
• اعتبارسز (i’tibârsız, “discredited, not valued”)
• اعتبارلو (i’tibârlı, “esteemed, valued”)
• اعتباری (i’tibârî, “imaginary, speculative”)

Descendants

• Turkish: itibar
• → Armenian: էխտիպար (ēxtipar), իխտիպար (ixtipar), իտտիբար (ittibar), ըխթըբա̈ր (əxtʻəbär), էհտիպար (ēhtipar)

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “اعتبار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 72
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “itibar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2264
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “iʼtibâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 562
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اعتبار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 109
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Æstimatio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 36
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “اعتبار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 277
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “itibar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اعتبار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 139

Persian

Etymology

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Arabic اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara)

Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār)bor.

Persian اعتبار

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔiʔ.ti.ˈbaːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰi.bɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʔ.t̪ʰe.bɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʔ.t̪ʰi.bɔ́ɾ]

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

• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun

Dari	اعتبار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	эътибор

اعتبار • (i'tibār / 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

Derived terms

• بی‌اعتبار (bē-i'tibār / bi-e'tebâr)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: ઇતબાર (itabār)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: एतबार (etbār), ऐतबार (aitbār)

  Urdu: اعتبار (iʻtibār)

Urdu

Etymology

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Arabic اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara)

Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār)bor.

Classical Persian اِعْتِبَار (i'tibār)bor.

Urdu اِعْتِبار

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪʕ.t̪ɪ.bɑːɾ/
  • (common) IPA^(key): [e.(ʔ)t̪ɪ.bɑːɾ], [eː.t̪e.bɑːɾ], [eːt̪.bɑːɾ]
  • (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): [ɛːt̪.bɑːr]
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: اِعْ‧تِ‧بار

Noun

اِعْتِبار • (iʻtibār) m (Hindi spelling एतबार)

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

Declension

Declension of اعتبار

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

Further reading

• “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, 2026.
• 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.