فرصت

See also: فرضت and قرضت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فُرْصَة (furṣa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fuɾˈsɒt], [fɯɾˈsɒt]

Noun

فرصت • (fursat, fırsat) (definite accusative فرصتی (fursatı, fırsatı))

  1. opportunity, chance, occasion

Descendants

  • Turkish: fırsat, fırsant, fırsand (dialectal)
  • → Armenian: ֆըռսանտ (fəṙsant), ֆռսանտ (fṙsant), ֆուռսանդ (fuṙsand), ֆուրսանդ (fursand), ֆըրսանդ (fərsand), ֆրսանդ (frsand), ֆըռսանդ (fəṙsand), ֆռսանդ (fṙsand)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: фу̀рса̄т, fùrsāt

Persian

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic فُرْصَة (furṣa)bor.
    Persian فُرصَت

    Borrowed from Arabic فُرْصَة (furṣa).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? fursat
    Dari reading? fursat
    Iranian reading? forsat
    Tajik reading? fursat

    Noun

    Dari فُرصَت
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik фурсат

    فُرصَت • (forsat)

    1. opportunity, chance
      Synonym: شانس (šâns)
      هزینهٔ فرصت ― hazine-ye forsat ― opportunity cost
    2. leisure, spare time
      Synonym: آنتراک (ântrâk)
    3. (law) probation

    Derived terms

    adjectives
    • فرصت جو (forsat-ju)
    • فرصت طلب (forsat-talab)
    • فرصت یاب (forsat-yâb)
    • کم فرصت (kam-forsat)
    verbs
    • فرصت دادن (forsat dâdan)
    • فرصت شمردن (forsat šomordan)
    • فرصت کردن (forsat kardan)

    Descendants

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Arabic فُرْصَة (furṣa)bor.
      Classical Persian فُرْصَت (fursat)bor.
      Urdu فُرْصَت (fursat)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian فُرْصَت (fursat), borrowed from Arabic فُرْصَة (furṣa).[1] First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi فرصت (frṣt).[2]

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fʊɾ.sət̪/
      • Rhymes: -ət̪
      • Hyphenation: فُر‧صَت

      Noun

      فُرْصَت • (fursat) f (Hindi spelling फ़ुर्सत)

      1. occasion, chance; opportunity
      2. leave
      3. leisure; spare time
      4. tranquillity
      5. relief, respite

      Declension

      Declension of فرصت
      singular plural
      direct فُرْصَت (fursat) فُرْصَتیں (fursatẽ)
      oblique فُرْصَت (fursat) فُرْصَتوں (fursatõ)
      vocative فُرْصَت (fursat) فُرْصَتو (fursato)

      References

      1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “فرصت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
      2. ^ “فرصت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

      Further reading

      More information
      • “فرصت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
      • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فرصت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
      • S. W. Fallon (1879) “فرصت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
      • John Shakespear (1834) “فرصت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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