اعتراض

Arabic

Root
ع ر ض (ʕ r ḍ)
16 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِعْتَرَضَ (iʕtaraḍa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʕ.ti.raːdˤ/
• Rhymes: -aːdˤ

Noun

اِعْتِرَاض • (iʕtirāḍ) m (plural اِعْتِرَاضَات (iʕtirāḍāt))

1. verbal noun of اِعْتَرَضَ (iʕtaraḍa) (form VIII)
   1. demure, rebuke, disagreement, reproval, censure
   2. misdeed, offense
   3. interception

Declension

Declension of noun اِعْتِرَاض (iʕtirāḍ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِعْتِرَاض iʕtirāḍ	الِاعْتِرَاض al-iʕtirāḍ	اِعْتِرَاض iʕtirāḍ
nominative	اِعْتِرَاضٌ iʕtirāḍun	الِاعْتِرَاضُ al-iʕtirāḍu	اِعْتِرَاضُ iʕtirāḍu
accusative	اِعْتِرَاضًا iʕtirāḍan	الِاعْتِرَاضَ al-iʕtirāḍa	اِعْتِرَاضَ iʕtirāḍa
genitive	اِعْتِرَاضٍ iʕtirāḍin	الِاعْتِرَاضِ al-iʕtirāḍi	اِعْتِرَاضِ iʕtirāḍi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِعْتِرَاضَيْن iʕtirāḍayn	الِاعْتِرَاضَيْن al-iʕtirāḍayn	اِعْتِرَاضَيْ iʕtirāḍay
nominative	اِعْتِرَاضَانِ iʕtirāḍāni	الِاعْتِرَاضَانِ al-iʕtirāḍāni	اِعْتِرَاضَا iʕtirāḍā
accusative	اِعْتِرَاضَيْنِ iʕtirāḍayni	الِاعْتِرَاضَيْنِ al-iʕtirāḍayni	اِعْتِرَاضَيْ iʕtirāḍay
genitive	اِعْتِرَاضَيْنِ iʕtirāḍayni	الِاعْتِرَاضَيْنِ al-iʕtirāḍayni	اِعْتِرَاضَيْ iʕtirāḍay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِعْتِرَاضَات iʕtirāḍāt	الِاعْتِرَاضَات al-iʕtirāḍāt	اِعْتِرَاضَات iʕtirāḍāt
nominative	اِعْتِرَاضَاتٌ iʕtirāḍātun	الِاعْتِرَاضَاتُ al-iʕtirāḍātu	اِعْتِرَاضَاتُ iʕtirāḍātu
accusative	اِعْتِرَاضَاتٍ iʕtirāḍātin	الِاعْتِرَاضَاتِ al-iʕtirāḍāti	اِعْتِرَاضَاتِ iʕtirāḍāti
genitive	اِعْتِرَاضَاتٍ iʕtirāḍātin	الِاعْتِرَاضَاتِ al-iʕtirāḍāti	اِعْتِرَاضَاتِ iʕtirāḍāti

Derived terms

• اِعْتِرَاضِيّ (iʕtirāḍiyy, “expostulatory”)

Descendants

• → Persian: اِعْتِرَاض
  • → Azerbaijani: etiraz
  • → Bengali: এতেরাজ (eteraz)
  • → Pashto: اعتراض
  • → Urdu: اِعْتِرَاض (i'tirāz)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اعتراض (itiraz)
  • Turkish: itiraz
• → Uyghur: ئېتىراز (ëtiraz)
• → Uzbek: eʼtiroz

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic اِعْتَرَضَ (iʕtaraḍa)

Arabic اِعْتِرَاض (iʕtirāḍ)bor.

Persian اعتراض

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِرَاض (iʕtirāḍ), from اِعْتَرَضَ (iʕtaraḍa).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	i'tirāz
Dari reading?	e'tirāz
Iranian reading?	e'terâz
Tajik reading?	e'tiroz

Noun

اعتراض • (e'terâz) (plural اعتراضات, or اعتراض‌ها)

1. protest

Derived terms

• اعتراض کردن (e'terâz kardan)

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic اِعْتَرَضَ (iʕtaraḍa)

Arabic اِعْتِرَاض (iʕtirāḍ)bor.

Classical Persian اِعْتِرَاض (i'tirāz)bor.

Punjabi اِعْتِراض

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِعْتِرَاض (i'tirāz), borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِرَاض (iʕtirāḍ), from اِعْتَرَضَ (iʕtaraḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /e.t̪ɪ.räːz/
  • (Pakistan, colloquial) IPA^(key): [ɛːt̪ə̆.räːzᵊ]
• (India) IPA^(key): /ɪt̪.räːz/, [ɪt̪ᵊ.räːd͡ʒᵊ]

Noun

اِعْتِرَاض • (īʻtirāẓ) m (formal plural اِعْتِراضَات, Gurmukhi spelling ਇਤਰਾਜ਼)

1. objection

Declension

Declension of اعتراض

	singular	plural
direct	اِعْتِرَاض (īʻtirāẓ)	اِعْتِرَاض (īʻtirāẓ)
oblique	اِعْتِرَاض (īʻtirāẓ)	اِعْتِرَاضاں (īʻtirāẓāṉ)
vocative	اِعْتِرَاضا (īʻtirāẓā)	اِعْتِرَاضو (īʻtirāẓo)
ablative	اِعْتِرَاضوں (īʻtirāẓoṉ)	—
locative	اِعْتِرَاضے (īʻtirāẓe)	اِعْتِرَاضِیں (īʻtirāẓīṉ)
instrumental	اِعْتِرَاضوں (īʻtirāẓoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “اعتِراض”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “اعتراض”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਇਤਰਾਜ਼”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic اِعْتَرَضَ (iʕtaraḍa)

Arabic اِعْتِرَاض (iʕtirāḍ)bor.

Classical Persian اِعْتِرَاض (i'tirāz)bor.

Urdu اِعْتِرَاض

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِعْتِرَاض (i'tirāz), borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِرَاض (iʕtirāḍ), from اِعْتَرَضَ (iʕtaraḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪʔ.t̪ɪ.ɾɑːz/, [eː.t̪ɪ.ɾɑːz], [eːt̪.ɾɑːz]
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): [ɛːt̪.ɾɑːz]
• Rhymes: -ɑːz
• Hyphenation: اِع‧تِ‧راض

Noun

اِعْتِرَاض • (i'tirāz) m (formal plural اِعْتِراضَات (i'tirāzāt), Hindi spelling ऐतराज़)

1. objection (ie. criticism; dispute etc.)

Declension

Declension of اعتراض

	singular	plural
direct	اِعْتِرَاض (i'tirāz)	اِعْتِرَاض (i'tirāz)
oblique	اِعْتِرَاض (i'tirāz)	اِعْتِرَاضوں (i'tirāzõ)
vocative	اِعْتِرَاض (i'tirāz)	اِعْتِرَاضو (i'tirāzo)

Derived terms

• اِعْتِرَاض کَرْنا (i'tirāz karnā, “to object”)

Further reading

• “اعتراض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اعتراض”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “اعتراض”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]