اختيار

اختيار

See also: اختیار‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ي ر‎ (ḵ-y-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ix.ti.jaːr/

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Noun

اِخْتِيَار • (iḵtiyār) m (plural اِخْتِيَارَات‎ (iḵtiyārāt))

1. (uncountable) verbal noun of اِخْتَارَ‎ (iḵtāra) (form VIII)
2. choice
3. election
4. (philosophy) free will

Declension

Declension of noun اِخْتِيَار (iḵtiyār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِخْتِيَار iḵtiyār	الِاخْتِيَار‎ al-iḵtiyār	اِخْتِيَار iḵtiyār
Nominative	اِخْتِيَارٌ iḵtiyārun	الِاخْتِيَارُ‎ al-iḵtiyāru	اِخْتِيَارُ iḵtiyāru
Accusative	اِخْتِيَارًا‎ iḵtiyāran	الِاخْتِيَارَ‎ al-iḵtiyāra	اِخْتِيَارَ iḵtiyāra
Genitive	اِخْتِيَارٍ iḵtiyārin	الِاخْتِيَارِ‎ al-iḵtiyāri	اِخْتِيَارِ iḵtiyāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِخْتِيَارَيْن‎ iḵtiyārayn	الِاخْتِيَارَيْن‎ al-iḵtiyārayn	اِخْتِيَارَيْ‎ iḵtiyāray
Nominative	اِخْتِيَارَانِ‎ iḵtiyārāni	الِاخْتِيَارَانِ‎ al-iḵtiyārāni	اِخْتِيَارَا‎ iḵtiyārā
Accusative	اِخْتِيَارَيْنِ‎ iḵtiyārayni	الِاخْتِيَارَيْنِ‎ al-iḵtiyārayni	اِخْتِيَارَيْ‎ iḵtiyāray
Genitive	اِخْتِيَارَيْنِ‎ iḵtiyārayni	الِاخْتِيَارَيْنِ‎ al-iḵtiyārayni	اِخْتِيَارَيْ‎ iḵtiyāray
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِخْتِيَارَات‎ iḵtiyārāt	الِاخْتِيَارَات‎ al-iḵtiyārāt	اِخْتِيَارَات‎ iḵtiyārāt
Nominative	اِخْتِيَارَاتٌ‎ iḵtiyārātun	الِاخْتِيَارَاتُ‎ al-iḵtiyārātu	اِخْتِيَارَاتُ‎ iḵtiyārātu
Accusative	اِخْتِيَارَاتٍ‎ iḵtiyārātin	الِاخْتِيَارَاتِ‎ al-iḵtiyārāti	اِخْتِيَارَاتِ‎ iḵtiyārāti
Genitive	اِخْتِيَارَاتٍ‎ iḵtiyārātin	الِاخْتِيَارَاتِ‎ al-iḵtiyārāti	اِخْتِيَارَاتِ‎ iḵtiyārāti

Derived terms

• اِخْتِيَارِيّ‎ (iḵtiyāriyy)

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: اختیار‎ (ixtiyâr)
  • → Avar: ихтияр (ixtijar)
  • → Azerbaijani: ixtiyar
  • → Bashkir: ихтыяр (ixtıyar)
  • → Bengali: এখতিয়ার (ekhtiẏar)
  • → Chagatai: اختیار‎
    • Uyghur: ئىختىيار‎ (ixtiyar)
    • Uzbek: ixtiyor
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इख़्तियार (ixtiyār)

    Urdu: اختیار‎ (ixtiyār)

  • → Kazakh: ықтияр (yqtiär)
  • → Kyrgyz: ыктыяр (ıktıyar)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اختیار‎ (ihtiyar)
    • Turkish: ihtiyar
  • → Vaghri: અખત્યાર (akhatyār)
• → Malay: ikhtiar
  • Indonesian: ikhtiar

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “اختيار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “خير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN