ارتباط

Arabic

Root
ر ب ط (r b ṭ)
13 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِرْتَبَطَ (irtabaṭa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ir.ti.baːtˤ/
Rhymes: -aːtˤ

Noun

اِرْتِبَاط • (irtibāṭ) m

verbal noun of اِرْتَبَطَ (irtabaṭa) (form VIII)

Declension

Declension of noun **اِرْتِبَاط** (irtibāṭ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِرْتِبَاط irtibāṭ	الِارْتِبَاط al-irtibāṭ	اِرْتِبَاط irtibāṭ
nominative	اِرْتِبَاطٌ irtibāṭun	الِارْتِبَاطُ al-irtibāṭu	اِرْتِبَاطُ irtibāṭu
accusative	اِرْتِبَاطًا irtibāṭan	الِارْتِبَاطَ al-irtibāṭa	اِرْتِبَاطَ irtibāṭa
genitive	اِرْتِبَاطٍ irtibāṭin	الِارْتِبَاطِ al-irtibāṭi	اِرْتِبَاطِ irtibāṭi

Descendants

→ Persian: ارتباط (ertebât)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ارتباط (irtibat)
- Turkish: irtibat

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِرْتِبَاط (irtibāṭ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔiɾ.ti.ˈbaːt/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɾ.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɾ.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiɾ.t̪ʰi.bɔ́ːt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɹ.t̪ʰe.bɒ́ːt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiɾ.t̪ʰi.bɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	irtibāt
Dari reading^?	irtibāt
Iranian reading^?	ertebât
Tajik reading^?	irtibot

Noun

ارتباط • (ertebât) (plural ارتباطات (ertebâtât))

connection, relation
Synonyms: رابطه (râbete), ربط (rabt), نسبت (nesbat), بستگی (bastegi)

― ertebât-e mostaqim ― direct link, direct connection

― dar ertebât bâ ― in relation to

― barqarâr kardan-e ertebât bâ digarân ― making connections with others
- 1105, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazalī, کیمیای سعادت [The Alchemy of Happiness]‎^[1]:
  اما در جمله این مقدار بدان که روا باشد که چیزهای بسیار باشد لکن آن چیزها را به یک دیگر نوعی از ارتباط بود که بدان ارتباط چون یک چیز شود.
  ammā dar jumla-yi īn miqdār bidān ki rawā bāšad ki čīz-hā-yi bisyār bāšad lākin ān čīz-hā rā ba yak dīgar naw'ī az irtibāt buwad ki bad-ān irtibāt čūn yak čīz šawad.
  Yet know that although it is possible that there exist many things within all this magnitude, those things have a sort of connection to each other, by which connection they become like one thing.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
communication
― vasâ'el-e ertebât ― means of communication

Derived terms

ارتباط دادن (ertebât dâdan, “to connect”)
ارتباطچی (ertebâtči, “liaison officer”)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ارتباط”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim