احتیاط
Persian
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Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ), from اِحْتَاطَ (iḥtāṭa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔih.ti.ˈjaːt/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪ʰi.jɒ́ːt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪ʰi.jɔ́t̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ihtiyāt |
| Dari reading? | ehtiyāt |
| Iranian reading? | ehtiyât |
| Tajik reading? | ehiyot |
Noun
احتیاط • (ihtiyāt / ehtiyât) (Tajik spelling эҳиёт)
- precaution, care, caution
- c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 522”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī][1]:
- دلم شکستی و رفتی خلاف شرط مودت
به احتیاط رو اکنون که آبگینه شکستی- dil-am šikastī u raftī xilāf-i šart-i mawaddat
ba ihtiyāt raw aknūn ki ābgīna šikastī - You broke my heart and left, against the rules of love.
Leave carefully now, for you have broken your mirror.
- dil-am šikastī u raftī xilāf-i šart-i mawaddat
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: एहतियात (ehtiyāt)
- Urdu: اِحْتِیَاط (ihtiyāt)
- → Uyghur: ئېھتىيات (ëhtiyat)
- → Uzbek: ehtiyot
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “احتیاط”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “احتیاط”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Urdu
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Arabic اِحْتَاطَ (iḥtāṭa)
Urdu احتیاط
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِحْتِیَاط (ihtiyāt), borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ), from اِحْتَاطَ (iḥtāṭa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪɦ.t̪ɪ.jɑːt̪/
Noun
اِحْتِیَاط • (ihtiyāt) f (Hindi spelling एहतियात)