اجتناب

Arabic

Root
ج ن ب (j n b)
9 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِجْتَنَبَ (ijtanaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /id͡ʒ.ti.naːb/
  • Rhymes: -aːb

Noun

اِجْتِنَاب • (ijtinābm

  1. verbal noun of اِجْتَنَبَ (ijtanaba) (form VIII)
  2. refraining, abstaining, avoiding
  3. abstinence

Declension

Declension of noun اِجْتِنَاب (ijtināb)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal اِجْتِنَاب
ijtināb
الِاجْتِنَاب
al-ijtināb
اِجْتِنَاب
ijtināb
nominative اِجْتِنَابٌ
ijtinābun
الِاجْتِنَابُ
al-ijtinābu
اِجْتِنَابُ
ijtinābu
accusative اِجْتِنَابًا
ijtināban
الِاجْتِنَابَ
al-ijtināba
اِجْتِنَابَ
ijtināba
genitive اِجْتِنَابٍ
ijtinābin
الِاجْتِنَابِ
al-ijtinābi
اِجْتِنَابِ
ijtinābi

Descendants

  • Persian: اجتناب (ejtenâb)
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجتناب (ictinab)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِجْتِنَاب (ijtināb), verbal noun of اِجْتَنَبَ (ijtanaba).

Noun

اجتناب • (ictinab)

  1. refraining, abstaining, avoiding
  2. abstinence

Derived terms

  • اجتناب ایتمك (ictinab etmek, to evade)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “içtinap”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اجتناب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 51b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِنَاب (ijtināb).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.nɑ́ːb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.nɑ́ːb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔid͡ʒ.t̪ʰi.nɔ́ːb̥]

Readings
Classical reading? ijtināb
Dari reading? ijtināb
Iranian reading? ejtenâb
Tajik reading? ijtinob

Noun

Dari اجتناب
Iranian Persian
Tajik иҷтиноб

اجتناب • (ejtenâb)

  1. avoidance; evasion
    Synonym: دوری (duri)
    اجتناب ناپذیرejtenâb nâpazirunavoidable
    اجتناب از او ممکن نیست.
    ejtenâb az u momken nist.
    It is impossible to avoid him.

Derived terms

  • اجتناب کردن (ejtenâb kardan, to avoid)

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic اِجْتِنَاب (ijtināb), verbal noun of اِجْتَنَبَ (ijtanaba).

Noun

اجتناب • (ijtinābm (Hindi spelling इज्तिनाब)

  1. abstention, evasion, go by