التزام

Arabic

Root
ل ز م (l z m)
18 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِلْتَزَمَ (iltazama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.ti.zaːm/
• Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

اِلْتِزَام • (iltizām) m (plural اِلْتِزَامَات (iltizāmāt))

1. verbal noun of اِلْتَزَمَ (iltazama) (form VIII)
2. responsibility, obligation
3. commitment
4. contract
5. concession, monopoly

Declension

Declension of noun اِلْتِزَام (iltizām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِلْتِزَام iltizām	الِالْتِزَام al-iltizām	اِلْتِزَام iltizām
nominative	اِلْتِزَامٌ iltizāmun	الِالْتِزَامُ al-iltizāmu	اِلْتِزَامُ iltizāmu
accusative	اِلْتِزَامًا iltizāman	الِالْتِزَامَ al-iltizāma	اِلْتِزَامَ iltizāma
genitive	اِلْتِزَامٍ iltizāmin	الِالْتِزَامِ al-iltizāmi	اِلْتِزَامِ iltizāmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِلْتِزَامَيْن iltizāmayn	الِالْتِزَامَيْن al-iltizāmayn	اِلْتِزَامَيْ iltizāmay
nominative	اِلْتِزَامَانِ iltizāmāni	الِالْتِزَامَانِ al-iltizāmāni	اِلْتِزَامَا iltizāmā
accusative	اِلْتِزَامَيْنِ iltizāmayni	الِالْتِزَامَيْنِ al-iltizāmayni	اِلْتِزَامَيْ iltizāmay
genitive	اِلْتِزَامَيْنِ iltizāmayni	الِالْتِزَامَيْنِ al-iltizāmayni	اِلْتِزَامَيْ iltizāmay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِلْتِزَامَات iltizāmāt	الِالْتِزَامَات al-iltizāmāt	اِلْتِزَامَات iltizāmāt
nominative	اِلْتِزَامَاتٌ iltizāmātun	الِالْتِزَامَاتُ al-iltizāmātu	اِلْتِزَامَاتُ iltizāmātu
accusative	اِلْتِزَامَاتٍ iltizāmātin	الِالْتِزَامَاتِ al-iltizāmāti	اِلْتِزَامَاتِ iltizāmāti
genitive	اِلْتِزَامَاتٍ iltizāmātin	الِالْتِزَامَاتِ al-iltizāmāti	اِلْتِزَامَاتِ iltizāmāti

Derived terms

• → Azerbaijani: iltizam
• → Hindi: इल्तज़ाम (iltazām)
• → Persian: التزام ('eltezâm)
• → Ottoman Turkish: التزام (iltizâm)
  • > Turkish: iltizam (inherited)
• → Malay: iltizam

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِلْتِزَام (iltizām).

Noun

التزام • (iltizam) (plural التزاملر)

1. advocacy

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِلْتِزَام (iltizām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔil.ti.ˈzaːm/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl̪.t̪ʰɪ.zɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl̪.t̪ʰɪ.zɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪl̪.t̪ʰɪ.zɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔil̪.t̪ʰi.zɔ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔel̪.t̪ʰe.zɒ́ːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔil̪.t̪ʰi.zɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	iltizām
Dari reading?	iltizām
Iranian reading?	eltezâm
Tajik reading?	iltizom

Noun

التزام • (iltizām / eltezâm) (Tajik spelling илтизом)

1. obligation, undertaking, pledge

Derived terms

• التزامی (eltezâmi)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “التزام”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim