انحطاط

Arabic

Root
ح ط ط (ḥ ṭ ṭ)
6 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْحَطَّ (inḥaṭṭa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /in.ħi.tˤaːtˤ/
Rhymes: -aːtˤ

Noun

اِنْحِطَاط • (inḥiṭāṭ) m

descent, decline, degradation

Declension

Declension of noun **اِنْحِطَاط** (inḥiṭāṭ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِنْحِطَاط inḥiṭāṭ	الِانْحِطَاط al-inḥiṭāṭ	اِنْحِطَاط inḥiṭāṭ
nominative	اِنْحِطَاطٌ inḥiṭāṭun	الِانْحِطَاطُ al-inḥiṭāṭu	اِنْحِطَاطُ inḥiṭāṭu
accusative	اِنْحِطَاطًا inḥiṭāṭan	الِانْحِطَاطَ al-inḥiṭāṭa	اِنْحِطَاطَ inḥiṭāṭa
genitive	اِنْحِطَاطٍ inḥiṭāṭin	الِانْحِطَاطِ al-inḥiṭāṭi	اِنْحِطَاطِ inḥiṭāṭi

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: انحطاط
- Turkish: inhitat
→ Persian: انحطاط

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭ), verbal noun of اِنْحَطَّ (inḥaṭṭa, “to descend; to decline”).

Noun

انحطاط • (inhitat)

Descendants

Turkish: inhitat

References

Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “inhitat”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔin.hi.ˈtaːt/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn.hɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.nɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.ni.t̪ʰɔ́ːt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔen.he.t̪ʰɒ́ːt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔin.hi.t̪ʰɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	inhitāt
Dari reading^?	inhitāt
Iranian reading^?	enhetât
Tajik reading^?	inhitot

Noun


Iranian Persian	انحطاط
Dari	انحطاط
Tajik	инҳитот

انحطاط • (enhetât)

decline; degeneration
― enhetât-e tamaddon ― decline of civilization