اعتبار
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ع ب ر (ʕ b r) |
| 14 terms |
Etymology
Verbal noun of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iʕ.ti.baːr/
- Rhymes: -aːr
Noun
اِعْتِبَار • (iʕtibār) m (plural اِعْتِبَارَات (iʕtibārāt))
- verbal noun of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara) (form VIII)
- regard, respect
- اِعْتِبَارًا لِ/بِ... ― iʕtibāran li/bi... ― with respect to...
- بِ/عَلَى ٱعْتِبَارِ أَنْ... ― bi/ʕalā ʕtibāri ʔan... ― considering that...
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | اِعْتِبَار iʕtibār |
الِاعْتِبَار al-iʕtibār |
اِعْتِبَار iʕtibār |
| nominative | اِعْتِبَارٌ iʕtibārun |
الِاعْتِبَارُ al-iʕtibāru |
اِعْتِبَارُ iʕtibāru |
| accusative | اِعْتِبَارًا iʕtibāran |
الِاعْتِبَارَ al-iʕtibāra |
اِعْتِبَارَ iʕtibāra |
| genitive | اِعْتِبَارٍ iʕtibārin |
الِاعْتِبَارِ al-iʕtibāri |
اِعْتِبَارِ iʕtibāri |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | اِعْتِبَارَيْن iʕtibārayn |
الِاعْتِبَارَيْن al-iʕtibārayn |
اِعْتِبَارَيْ iʕtibāray |
| nominative | اِعْتِبَارَانِ iʕtibārāni |
الِاعْتِبَارَانِ al-iʕtibārāni |
اِعْتِبَارَا iʕtibārā |
| accusative | اِعْتِبَارَيْنِ iʕtibārayni |
الِاعْتِبَارَيْنِ al-iʕtibārayni |
اِعْتِبَارَيْ iʕtibāray |
| genitive | اِعْتِبَارَيْنِ iʕtibārayni |
الِاعْتِبَارَيْنِ al-iʕtibārayni |
اِعْتِبَارَيْ iʕtibāray |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | اِعْتِبَارَات iʕtibārāt |
الِاعْتِبَارَات al-iʕtibārāt |
اِعْتِبَارَات iʕtibārāt |
| nominative | اِعْتِبَارَاتٌ iʕtibārātun |
الِاعْتِبَارَاتُ al-iʕtibārātu |
اِعْتِبَارَاتُ iʕtibārātu |
| accusative | اِعْتِبَارَاتٍ iʕtibārātin |
الِاعْتِبَارَاتِ al-iʕtibārāti |
اِعْتِبَارَاتِ iʕtibārāti |
| genitive | اِعْتِبَارَاتٍ iʕtibārātin |
الِاعْتِبَارَاتِ al-iʕtibārāti |
اِعْتِبَارَاتِ iʕtibārāti |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: etibar
- → Bashkir: иғтибар (iğtibar)
- → Malay:
- Indonesian: iktibar
- → Ottoman Turkish: اعتبار (i’tibâr)
- Turkish: itibar
- → Armenian: էխտիպար (ēxtipar), իխտիպար (ixtipar), իտտիբար (ittibar), ըխթըբա̈ր (əxtʻəbär), էհտիպար (ēhtipar)
- → Persian: اِعتِبار (e'tebâr)
- → Tatar: игътибар (iğtibar)
- → Turkmen: ygtybar
- → Uyghur: ئەتىۋار (etiwar), ئېتىۋار (ëtiwar)
- → Uzbek: eʼtibor
Ottoman Turkish
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Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār), from اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).
Noun
اعتبار • (i’tibâr) (definite accusative اعتباری (i’tibârı), plural اعتبارات (i’tibârât))
- consideration, esteem, reputation, regard, standing, repute, fame, the worth or estimation in which something or someone is held or considered
- prestige, credit, respect, the quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is or how favourably something or someone is regarded
- (finance) credit, a privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid
Derived terms
- اعتبار ایتمك (i’tibâr etmek, “to esteem, consider”)
- اعتبار بوزلمق (i’tibâr bozulmak, “for one's credit, to be diminished”)
- اعتبار جمعیتی (i’tibâr cemʼiyeti, “credit company”)
- اعتبار صندوغی (iʼtibar sandığı, “credit bank”)
- اعتباراً (i’tibâren, “starting from, as from”)
- اعتبارسز (i’tibârsız, “discredited, not valued”)
- اعتبارلو (i’tibârlı, “esteemed, valued”)
- اعتباری (i’tibârî, “imaginary, speculative”)
Descendants
- Turkish: itibar
- → Armenian: էխտիպար (ēxtipar), իխտիպար (ixtipar), իտտիբար (ittibar), ըխթըբա̈ր (əxtʻəbär), էհտիպար (ēhtipar)
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “اعتبار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 72
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “itibar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2264
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “iʼtibâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 562
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اعتبار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 109
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Æstimatio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 36
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اعتبار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 277
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “itibar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اعتبار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 139
Persian
Etymology
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Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār), from اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔiʔ.ti.ˈbaːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔeʔ.t̪ʰe.bɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔeʔ.t̪ʰi.bɔ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | i'tibār |
| Dari reading? | e'tibār |
| Iranian reading? | e'tebâr |
| Tajik reading? | e'tibor |
- Rhymes: -ɑːr
Noun
| Dari | اعتبار |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | эътибор |
اعتبار • (i'tibār / e'tebâr)
- confidence; trust
- 1705, Guru Gobind Singh, “verse 15”, in ظفرنامه [Zafarnama]:
- کسی قول قرآن کند اعتبار
همان روز آخر شود مردخوار- kasē qawl-i qur'ān kunad i'tibār
hamān rōz-i āxar šawad mard-i xwār - Whoever puts stock in a vow [made] on the Qur'an
Will be a wretched man on the final day.
- kasē qawl-i qur'ān kunad i'tibār
- validity, credibility; reliability
- credit
Derived terms
- بی‌اعتبار (bē-i'tibār / bi-e'tebâr)
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
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Arabic اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara)
Urdu اِعْتِبار (i'tibār)
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِعْتِبَار (i'tibār), borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār), from اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪʕ.t̪ɪ.bɑːɾ/
- (common) IPA(key): [e.(ʔ)t̪ɪ.bɑːɾ], [eː.t̪e.bɑːɾ], [eːt̪.bɑːɾ]
- (Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key): [ɛːt̪.bɑːr]
- Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
- Hyphenation: اِعْ‧تِ‧بار
Noun
اِعْتِبار • (iʻtibār) m (Hindi spelling एतबार)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اعتبار (iʻtibār) | اعتبار (iʻtibār) |
| oblique | اعتبار (iʻtibār) | اعتباروں (iʻtibārõ) |
| vocative | اعتبار (iʻtibār) | اعتبارو (iʻtibāro) |
Further reading
- “اعتبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اعتبار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اعتبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “اعتبار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.