انحطاط

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭ), verbal noun of اِنْحَطَّ (inḥaṭṭa, “to descend; to decline”).

Noun

انحطاط • (inhitat)

1. descent
2. decline, degradation

Descendants

• Turkish: inhitat

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “inhitat”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔin.hi.ˈtɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.hɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.hɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.nɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.ni.t̪ʰɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔen.he.t̪ʰɒ́ːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔin.hi.t̪ʰɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	inhitāt
Dari reading?	inhitāt
Iranian reading?	enhetât
Tajik reading?	inhitot

Noun

Dari	انحطاط
Iranian Persian
Tajik	инҳитот

انحطاط • (enhetât)

1. decline; degeneration

   انحطاط تمدن ― enhetât-e tamaddon ― decline of civilization