احترام

Arabic

Root
ح ر م (ḥ r m)
17 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iħ.ti.raːm/
Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

اِحْتِرَام • (iḥtirām) m

verbal noun of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama, “to respect”) (form VIII)
respect

Declension

Declension of noun **اِحْتِرَام** (iḥtirām)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِحْتِرَام iḥtirām	الِاحْتِرَام al-iḥtirām	اِحْتِرَام iḥtirām
nominative	اِحْتِرَامٌ iḥtirāmun	الِاحْتِرَامُ al-iḥtirāmu	اِحْتِرَامُ iḥtirāmu
accusative	اِحْتِرَامًا iḥtirāman	الِاحْتِرَامَ al-iḥtirāma	اِحْتِرَامَ iḥtirāma
genitive	اِحْتِرَامٍ iḥtirāmin	الِاحْتِرَامِ al-iḥtirāmi	اِحْتِرَامِ iḥtirāmi

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: ehtiram
→ Bashkir: ихтирам (ixtiram)
→ Ottoman Turkish: احترام (iḥtirām)
> Turkish: ihtiram (inherited)

→ Crimean Tatar: itiram
→ Persian: احترام
- → Urdu: احترام
→ Tatar: ихтирам (ixtiram)
→ Uyghur: ئېھتىرام (ëhtiram)
→ Uzbek: ehtirom

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِرَام (iḥtirām).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔih.ti.ˈɾaːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́ːm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪ʰe.ɹɒ́ːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ihtirām
Dari reading^?	ehtirām
Iranian reading^?	ehterâm
Tajik reading^?	ehtirom

Noun


Iranian Persian	احترام
Dari	احترام
Tajik	эҳтиром

اِحتِرام • (ehterâm) (plural اِحتِرامات (ehterâmât))

respect, deference
― ehterâm-e motaqâbel ― mutual respect

Derived terms

احترام کردن (ehterâm kardan)
احترام گذاشتن (ehterâm gozâštan)

Related terms

محترم (mohteram)

Proper noun

احترام • (ehterâm)

a female given name, Ehteram, from Arabic

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ihtirām), from Arabic اِحْتِرَام (iḥtirām).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eɦ.t̪ɪ.ɾɑːm/, /eɦ.t̪e.ɾɑːm/
Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

اِحْتِرام • (ihtirām) m (Hindi spelling एहतिराम)

References

“احترام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“احترام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.