احتمال

Arabic

Root
ح م ل (ḥ m l)
21 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِحْتَمَلَ (iḥtamala).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iħ.ti.maːl/
Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

اِحْتِمَال • (iḥtimāl) m

verbal noun of اِحْتَمَلَ (iḥtamala) (form VIII)
1. probability
2. endurance

Declension

Declension of noun **اِحْتِمَال** (iḥtimāl)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِحْتِمَال iḥtimāl	الِاحْتِمَال al-iḥtimāl	اِحْتِمَال iḥtimāl
nominative	اِحْتِمَالٌ iḥtimālun	الِاحْتِمَالُ al-iḥtimālu	اِحْتِمَالُ iḥtimālu
accusative	اِحْتِمَالًا iḥtimālan	الِاحْتِمَالَ al-iḥtimāla	اِحْتِمَالَ iḥtimāla
genitive	اِحْتِمَالٍ iḥtimālin	الِاحْتِمَالِ al-iḥtimāli	اِحْتِمَالِ iḥtimāli

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: ehtimal
→ Bashkir: ихтимал (ixtimal)
→ Kazakh: ықтимал (yqtimal)
→ Ottoman Turkish: احتمال (ihtimal)
Turkish: ihtimal
→ Tatar: ихтимал (ixtimal)
→ Uyghur: ئېھتىمال (ëhtimal)
→ Uzbek: ehtimol

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪh.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪh.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔih.t̪ʰi.mɔ́ːl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeh.t̪ʰe.mɒ́ːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔih.t̪ʰi.mɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ihtimāl
Dari reading^?	ihtimāl
Iranian reading^?	ehtemâl
Tajik reading^?	ihtimol

Noun


Iranian Persian	احتمال
Dari	احتمال
Tajik	эҳтимол

اِحتِمال • (ehtemâl) (plural اِحتِمالات (ehtemâlât))

probability
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3053:
  گفت چون وهم است ما هر دو یک‌ایم، در مقام احتمال و در شک‌ایم.
  goft čon vahm ast mâ har do yek-im, dar maqâm-e ehtemâl o dar šakk-im.
  He said, “Since it is [a matter of] opinion, we are both the same: we are [equally] exposed to probability and doubt.
possibility
Synonym: امکان (emkân)

Derived terms

(verbs)

احتمال دادن (ehtemâl dâdan, “to consider probable”)
احتمال داشتن (ehtemâl dâštan, “to be probable”)

(adjectives)

احتمالی (ehtemâli, “probable”)

Related terms

احتمالا (ehtemâlan, “probably”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ihtimāl), from Arabic اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /eːɦ.t̪eː.mɑːl/

Noun

احتمال • (ehtemāl) m (Hindi spelling एहतिमाल)

possibility, probability, tolerance, verisimilitude, virtuality