اکثریت

See also: اكثریت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَكْثَرِيَّة (ʔakṯariyya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔak.sa.ɾij.ˈjat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔækʲ.sæ.ɹi.jæt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	aksariyyat
Dari reading^?	aksariyat
Iranian reading^?	aksariyat
Tajik reading^?	aksariyat

Noun


Iranian Persian	اکثریت
Dari	اکثریت
Tajik	аксарият

اکثریت • (aksariyyat) (plural اکثریت‌ها)

majority
(more literary)
aksariyyat-e irâniyân musulmân hastand

(more colloquial)
aksariyyat-e irâniyân musulmânand.
The majority of Iranians are Muslims.

Descendants

→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਅਕਸਰੀਅਤ (akasrīata)

Shahmukhi script: اکثریت
→ Urdu: اکثریت (aksariyyat)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (aksariyyat), from Arabic أَكْثَرِيَّة (ʔakṯariyya).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ək.sə.ɾɪ.jət̪/
Rhymes: -ət̪
Hyphenation: اَک‧ثَ‧رِ‧یَت

Noun

اَکْثَرِیَّت • (aksariyyat) f (Hindi spelling अक्सरिय्यत)

majority
Antonym: اَقَلِّیَت (aqalliyat)

Declension

Declension of **اکثریت**
	singular	plural
direct	اَکْثَرِیَت (aksariyat)	اَکْثَرِیَتیں (aksariyatẽ)
oblique	اَکْثَرِیَت (aksariyat)	اَکْثَرِیَتوں (aksariyatõ)
vocative	اَکْثَرِیَت (aksariyat)	اَکْثَرِیَتو (aksariyato)

Further reading

“اکثریت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“اکثریت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.