اصطلاح

Arabic

Root
ص ل ح (ṣ l ḥ)
20 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِصْطَلَحَ (iṣṭalaḥa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /isˤ.tˤi.laːħ/
  • Rhymes: -aːħ

Noun

اِصْطِلَاح • (iṣṭilāḥm (plural اِصْطِلَاحَات (iṣṭilāḥāt))

  1. verbal noun of اِصْطَلَحَ (iṣṭalaḥa) (form VIII)
  2. a technical term, jargon, designation
  3. agreement, convention
  4. usage

Declension

Declension of noun اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal اِصْطِلَاح
iṣṭilāḥ
الِاصْطِلَاح
al-iṣṭilāḥ
اِصْطِلَاح
iṣṭilāḥ
nominative اِصْطِلَاحٌ
iṣṭilāḥun
الِاصْطِلَاحُ
al-iṣṭilāḥu
اِصْطِلَاحُ
iṣṭilāḥu
accusative اِصْطِلَاحًا
iṣṭilāḥan
الِاصْطِلَاحَ
al-iṣṭilāḥa
اِصْطِلَاحَ
iṣṭilāḥa
genitive اِصْطِلَاحٍ
iṣṭilāḥin
الِاصْطِلَاحِ
al-iṣṭilāḥi
اِصْطِلَاحِ
iṣṭilāḥi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal اِصْطِلَاحَيْن
iṣṭilāḥayn
الِاصْطِلَاحَيْن
al-iṣṭilāḥayn
اِصْطِلَاحَيْ
iṣṭilāḥay
nominative اِصْطِلَاحَانِ
iṣṭilāḥāni
الِاصْطِلَاحَانِ
al-iṣṭilāḥāni
اِصْطِلَاحَا
iṣṭilāḥā
accusative اِصْطِلَاحَيْنِ
iṣṭilāḥayni
الِاصْطِلَاحَيْنِ
al-iṣṭilāḥayni
اِصْطِلَاحَيْ
iṣṭilāḥay
genitive اِصْطِلَاحَيْنِ
iṣṭilāḥayni
الِاصْطِلَاحَيْنِ
al-iṣṭilāḥayni
اِصْطِلَاحَيْ
iṣṭilāḥay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal اِصْطِلَاحَات
iṣṭilāḥāt
الِاصْطِلَاحَات
al-iṣṭilāḥāt
اِصْطِلَاحَات
iṣṭilāḥāt
nominative اِصْطِلَاحَاتٌ
iṣṭilāḥātun
الِاصْطِلَاحَاتُ
al-iṣṭilāḥātu
اِصْطِلَاحَاتُ
iṣṭilāḥātu
accusative اِصْطِلَاحَاتٍ
iṣṭilāḥātin
الِاصْطِلَاحَاتِ
al-iṣṭilāḥāti
اِصْطِلَاحَاتِ
iṣṭilāḥāti
genitive اِصْطِلَاحَاتٍ
iṣṭilāḥātin
الِاصْطِلَاحَاتِ
al-iṣṭilāḥāti
اِصْطِلَاحَاتِ
iṣṭilāḥāti

Derived terms

  • لَا مُشَاحَّةَ فِي ٱلِٱصْطِلَاحِ (lā mušāḥḥata fī l-iṣṭilāḥi, proverb)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: istilah
  • Classical Persian: اِصْطِلَاح (istilāh)
  • Swahili: istilahi
  • Ottoman Turkish: اصطلاح (ıstılah)

Further reading

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صلح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.lɑ́ːʱ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.lɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.lɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? istilāh
Dari reading? istilāh
Iranian reading? estelâh
Tajik reading? istiloh
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari اصطلاح
Iranian Persian
Tajik истилоҳ

اصطلاح • (estelâh) (plural اصطلاحات (estelâhât))

  1. technical term; jargon
    اصطلاحات بیمهestelâhât-e bimeinsurance jargon
    اصطلاحات پزشکیestelâhât-e pezeškimedical terminology
  2. idiom; idiomatic phrase
    اصطلاحات انگلیسیestelâhât-e engelisiEnglish idioms

Descendants

  • Iranian Persian: اِصْطِلاح (estelâh)
  • Tajik: истилоҳ (istiloh)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: इस्तिलाह (istilāh)
    Urdu: اِصْطِلاح (istilāh)
  • Malay: istilah
  • Uzbek: istiloh

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِصْطِلَاح (istilāh), from Arabic اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ).

Pronunciation

Noun

اصطلاح • (istilāhf (Hindi spelling इस्तिलाह)

  1. idiom, term, vocable