انتهاء

Arabic

Root
ن ه ي (n h y)
8 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْتَهَى (intahā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /in.ti.haːʔ/
Rhymes: -aːʔ

Noun

اِنْتِهَاء • (intihāʔ) m

verbal noun of اِنْتَهَى (intahā) (form VIII)
finishing, completing
Antonym: اِبْتِدَاء (ibtidāʔ)

Declension

Declension of noun **اِنْتِهَاء** (intihāʔ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِنْتِهَاء intihāʔ	الِانْتِهَاء al-intihāʔ	اِنْتِهَاء intihāʔ
nominative	اِنْتِهَاءٌ intihāʔun	الِانْتِهَاءُ al-intihāʔu	اِنْتِهَاءُ intihāʔu
accusative	اِنْتِهَاءً intihāʔan	الِانْتِهَاءَ al-intihāʔa	اِنْتِهَاءَ intihāʔa
genitive	اِنْتِهَاءٍ intihāʔin	الِانْتِهَاءِ al-intihāʔi	اِنْتِهَاءِ intihāʔi

Descendants

→ Persian: انتهاء (entehâ)
- → Tajik: интиҳо (intiho)
→ Ottoman Turkish: انتهاء (intihâ)
→ Uzbek: intiho

Persian

Alternative forms

انتها (unhamzated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِهَاء (intihāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔin.ti.ˈhaːʔ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑːʔ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰi.jɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.jɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔen̪.t̪ʰe.ɦɒːʔ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.ɦɔʔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	intihā'
Dari reading^?	intehā'
Iranian reading^?	entehâ'
Tajik reading^?	intiho'

Noun


Iranian Persian	انتها
Dari	انتها
Tajik	интиҳо, интиҳоъ

انتهاء • (entehâ) (plural انتهاها)

end
Antonym: ابتداء (ebtedâ')

Inflection

Basic forms of **انتهاء**
bare	انتها, انتهاء (entehâ', entehâ)
ezâfe	انتهاء (entehâ-e)
marked indefinite or relative definite	انتهائی (entehâ-i)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “انتهاء”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “انت‍ﮩ‍اء”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul