انتخاب

انتخاب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن خ ب‎ (n-ḵ-b).

Pronunciation

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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

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: انتخاب‎ (intihap)
  • Turkish: intihap
• → Persian: انتخاب‎ (entexâb)
  • → Azerbaijani: intixabat
  • → Bengali: ইন্তেখাব (intekhabô)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इंतख़ाब (intxāb)

    Urdu: انتخاب‎ (intixāb)

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِنْتِخَاب‎ (intiḵāb).

Noun

انتخاب • (intihap)

1. election

Descendants

• Turkish: intihap

References

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

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic اِنْتِخَاب‎ (intiḵāb).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɪntɪxɒːb/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /entexɒːb/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /intixɔːb/

Noun

Dari	انتخاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	интихоб (intixob)

انتخاب • (entexâb) (plural انتخابات‎ (entexâbât))

1. election

   ‏در انتخابات ترکیه کی انتخاب شده است؟‎‎ (more literary)

   dar entexâbât-e torkiye ki entexâb šode ast?

   ‏تو انتخابات ترکیه کی انتخاب شده؟‎‎ (more colloquial)

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

(adjectives)

• انتخابی‎ (entexâbi, “electoral, optional”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: intixabat
• → Bengali: ইন্তেখাব (intekhabô)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इंतख़ाब (intxāb)

  Urdu: انتخاب‎ (intixāb)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian انتخاب‎ (entexâb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪn.t̪ɪ.xɑːb/, /ɪn.t̪eː.xɑːb/

Noun

انتخاب • (intixāb) m (plural انتخابات‎, Hindi spelling इंतख़ाब)

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

Synonyms

• چناؤ‎ (cunāv)