صلاحیت
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic صَلَاحِيَّة (ṣalāḥiyya). Compare Persian صلاحیت (salâhiyyat, “authority”).
Noun
صلاحیت • (salahiyet)
Descendants
- Turkish: salahiyet
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صلاحیت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 664
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “salahiyet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صَلَاحِيَّة (ṣalāḥiyya). By surface analysis, صلاح (salâh) + ـیت (-iyyat).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sa.laː.hij.ˈjat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.lɑː.ɦi.jǽt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.lɒː.ɦi.jǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.lɔ.ɦi.jǽt̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | salāhiyyat |
| Dari reading? | salāhiyat |
| Iranian reading? | salâhiyat |
| Tajik reading? | salohiyat |
Noun
| Dari | صلاحیت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | салоҳият |
صلاحیت • (salâhiyyat)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian صَلَاحِیَّت (salāhiyyat), from Arabic صَلَاحِيَّة (ṣalāḥiyya). By surface analysis, صَلاح (salāh) + ـِیَت (-iyat).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.lɑː.ɦɪ.jət̪/
- Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: صَ‧لا‧حِ‧یَت
Noun
صَلاحِیَّت • (salāhiyyat) f (Hindi spelling सलाहियत)
- capability; capacity (to do or carry out something)
- a good characteristic (of someone or something)
- gentleness
- a daily logbook of accounts and passengers, by the police
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | صَلاحِیَّت (salāhiyyat) | صَلاحِیَّتیں (salāhiyyatẽ) |
| oblique | صَلاحِیَّت (salāhiyyat) | صَلاحِیَّتوں (salāhiyyatõ) |
| vocative | صَلاحِیَّت (salāhiyyat) | صَلاحِیَّتو (salāhiyyato) |
Further reading
- “صلاحیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “صلاحیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “صلاحيت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.