استعمار

Arabic

Root
ع م ر (ʕ m r)
17 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَعْمَرَ (istaʕmara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.tiʕ.maːr/
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

اِسْتِعْمَار • (istiʕmārm

  1. verbal noun of اِسْتَعْمَرَ (istaʕmara) (form X)
  2. cultivation
  3. colonization
  4. imperialism
    Synonym: إِمْبِرْيَالِيَّة (ʔimbiryāliyya)

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِعْمَار (istiʕmār)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal اِسْتِعْمَار
istiʕmār
الِاسْتِعْمَار
al-istiʕmār
اِسْتِعْمَار
istiʕmār
nominative اِسْتِعْمَارٌ
istiʕmārun
الِاسْتِعْمَارُ
al-istiʕmāru
اِسْتِعْمَارُ
istiʕmāru
accusative اِسْتِعْمَارًا
istiʕmāran
الِاسْتِعْمَارَ
al-istiʕmāra
اِسْتِعْمَارَ
istiʕmāra
genitive اِسْتِعْمَارٍ
istiʕmārin
الِاسْتِعْمَارِ
al-istiʕmāri
اِسْتِعْمَارِ
istiʕmāri

Descendants

  • Persian: استعمار (este'mâr)
  • Ottoman Turkish: استعمار (isti'mâr)

References

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “استعمار”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “استعمار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِعْمَار (istiʕmār).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰe̞ʔ.mɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰeː.mɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰeː.mɔ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? isti'mār
Dari reading? iste'mār
Iranian reading? este'mâr
Tajik reading? iste'mor
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

استعمار • (este'mâr)

  1. colonization
    Synonym: امپریالیسم (emperîyâlîsm, amperîyalîsm, amperîyâlizm)
    Synonym: اِستِکبار (estekbâr)

Derived terms