اختیاری

اختیاری

See also: اختياري‎

Persian

Etymology

اختیار‎ (extiyâr, “choice”) +‎ ـی‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ixtijɑːɾiː/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɪxtɪjɑːɾiː/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /extijɒːɾiː/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /ixtijɔɾi/

Adjective

Dari	اختیاری
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ихтиёрӣ (ixtiyorī)

اختیاری • (extiyâri)

1. optional

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Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪx.t̪ɪ.jɑː.ɾiː/

Adjective

اِختِیاری • (ixtiyārī) (Hindi spelling इख़्तियारी)

1. optional; voluntary; at one's disposal

Further reading

• “اختیاری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “اختیاری”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.