انتخاب

Arabic

Root
ن خ ب (n ḵ b)
6 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْتَخَبَ (intaḵaba, “to choose, to elect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.ti.xaːb/
• Rhymes: -aːb

Noun

اِنْتِخَاب • (intiḵāb) m (plural اِنْتِخَابَات (intiḵābāt))

1. election

Declension

Declension of noun اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِنْتِخَاب intiḵāb	الِانْتِخَاب al-intiḵāb	اِنْتِخَاب intiḵāb
nominative	اِنْتِخَابٌ intiḵābun	الِانْتِخَابُ al-intiḵābu	اِنْتِخَابُ intiḵābu
accusative	اِنْتِخَابًا intiḵāban	الِانْتِخَابَ al-intiḵāba	اِنْتِخَابَ intiḵāba
genitive	اِنْتِخَابٍ intiḵābin	الِانْتِخَابِ al-intiḵābi	اِنْتِخَابِ intiḵābi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِنْتِخَابَيْن intiḵābayn	الِانْتِخَابَيْن al-intiḵābayn	اِنْتِخَابَيْ intiḵābay
nominative	اِنْتِخَابَانِ intiḵābāni	الِانْتِخَابَانِ al-intiḵābāni	اِنْتِخَابَا intiḵābā
accusative	اِنْتِخَابَيْنِ intiḵābayni	الِانْتِخَابَيْنِ al-intiḵābayni	اِنْتِخَابَيْ intiḵābay
genitive	اِنْتِخَابَيْنِ intiḵābayni	الِانْتِخَابَيْنِ al-intiḵābayni	اِنْتِخَابَيْ intiḵābay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِنْتِخَابَات intiḵābāt	الِانْتِخَابَات al-intiḵābāt	اِنْتِخَابَات intiḵābāt
nominative	اِنْتِخَابَاتٌ intiḵābātun	الِانْتِخَابَاتُ al-intiḵābātu	اِنْتِخَابَاتُ intiḵābātu
accusative	اِنْتِخَابَاتٍ intiḵābātin	الِانْتِخَابَاتِ al-intiḵābāti	اِنْتِخَابَاتِ intiḵābāti
genitive	اِنْتِخَابَاتٍ intiḵābātin	الِانْتِخَابَاتِ al-intiḵābāti	اِنْتِخَابَاتِ intiḵābāti

Derived terms

• اِنْتِخَاب اِصْطِنَاعِيّ (intiḵāb iṣṭināʕiyy)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: انتخاب (intihap)
  • Turkish: intihap
• → Persian: انتخاب (intixāb / entexâb), انتخاو (entexâv) (dialectal, Borazjan)
  • → Bengali: ইন্তেখাব (intekhab)
  • → Dhivehi: އިންތިޚާބް (in̊tixāb)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इंतख़ाब (intaxāb)

    Urdu: اِنْتِخاب (intixāb)

(via plural form اِنْتِخَابَات (intiḵābāt)):

• → Azerbaijani: intixabat
• → Classical Persian: اِنْتِخَابَات (intixābāt)

  Dari: اِنْتِخَابَات (intixābāt)

  Iranian Persian: اِنْتِخَابَات (entexâbât)

  Tajik: интихобот (intixobot)

  • → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इंतख़ाबात (intaxābāt)

  Urdu: اِنْتِخابات (intixābāt)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

Noun

انتخاب • (intihab) (plural انتخابات (intihabat))

1. election
   • 1913 October 18, “بولغارستانده انتخابات [Elections in Bulgaria]”, in Peyam, page 1:

     صوفیه ۱۲ تشرینثانی — اجراسه قریب الوقوع اولان انتخابات مناسبتیله حكومت فرقه‌سی طرفندن ترتیب ایدیلن بیوك براجتماعده رئیس وكلا موسیو (رادوسلاف) قابینه نامنه قرائت ایتمشدر.

     Sofya 12 teşrinisani — İcrası karib el-vuku olan intihabat münasebetiyle hükûmet fırkası tarafından tertib edilen büyük bir ictima'da reis Mosyo Radoslaf kabine namine kıraat etmiştir.

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Descendants

• Turkish: intihap

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “انتخاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 151
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “intihap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Alternative forms

• انتخاو (entexâv) (dialectal, Borazjan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔin.ti.ˈxaːb/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.xɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.xɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.xɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.xɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔen̪.t̪ʰe.xɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.χɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	intixāb
Dari reading?	intixāb
Iranian reading?	entexâb
Tajik reading?	intixob

Noun

انتخاب • (intixāb / entexâb) (plural انتخابات (intixābāt / entexâbât), Tajik spelling интихоб)

1. election

   در انتخابات ترکیه چه کسی انتخاب شده است؟ (more literary)

   dar intixābāt-i turkiya ča kasē intixāb šuda ast? / dar entexâbât-e torkiye če kasi entexâb šode ast?

   تو انتخابات ترکیه کی انتخاب شده؟ (colloquial Tehrani)

   tu entexâbât-e torkiye ki entexâb šode?

   Who has been elected in the Turkish elections?

2. selection
3. option, choice

Derived terms

(compound verbs)

• انتخاب کردن (intixāb kardan / entexâb kardan, “to elect, to select”)
• انتخاب شدن (intixāb šudan / entexâb šodan, “to be elected, to be selected”)

(adjectives)

• انتخابی (intixābī / entexâbi, “electoral, optional”)

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ن خ ب (0 c, 3 e)

Descendants

• → Bengali: ইন্তেখাব (intekhab)
• → Dhivehi: އިންތިޚާބް (in̊tixāb)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इंतख़ाब (intaxāb)

  Urdu: اِنْتِخاب (intixāb)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْتِخَاب, from Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪn.t̪ɪ.xɑːb/, /ɪn.t̪eː.xɑːb/, /ɪn.t̪əxɑːb/
• Hyphenation: اِنْ‧تِ‧خاب
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

اِنْتِخاب • (intixāb) m (formal plural اِنْتِخَابَات (intixābāt), Hindi spelling इंतख़ाब)

1. (chiefly in the plural) election
2. selection

   Synonym: چُناؤ (cunāo)