محتسب

Arabic

Root
ح س ب (ḥ s b)
17 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِحْتَسَبَ (iḥtasaba, “to debit”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muħ.ta.sib/

Noun

مُحْتَسِب • (muḥtasib) (feminine مُحْتَسِبَة (muḥtasiba), masculine plural مُحْتَسِبُونَ (muḥtasibūna), feminine plural مُحْتَسِبَات (muḥtasibāt))

ombudsman, superintendent of weights and measures

Declension

Declension of noun **مُحْتَسِب** (muḥtasib)
singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُحْتَسِب muḥtasib	الْمُحْتَسِب al-muḥtasib	مُحْتَسِب muḥtasib	مُحْتَسِبَة muḥtasiba	الْمُحْتَسِبَة al-muḥtasiba	مُحْتَسِبَة muḥtasibat
nominative	مُحْتَسِبٌ muḥtasibun	الْمُحْتَسِبُ al-muḥtasibu	مُحْتَسِبُ muḥtasibu	مُحْتَسِبَةٌ muḥtasibatun	الْمُحْتَسِبَةُ al-muḥtasibatu	مُحْتَسِبَةُ muḥtasibatu
accusative	مُحْتَسِبًا muḥtasiban	الْمُحْتَسِبَ al-muḥtasiba	مُحْتَسِبَ muḥtasiba	مُحْتَسِبَةً muḥtasibatan	الْمُحْتَسِبَةَ al-muḥtasibata	مُحْتَسِبَةَ muḥtasibata
genitive	مُحْتَسِبٍ muḥtasibin	الْمُحْتَسِبِ al-muḥtasibi	مُحْتَسِبِ muḥtasibi	مُحْتَسِبَةٍ muḥtasibatin	الْمُحْتَسِبَةِ al-muḥtasibati	مُحْتَسِبَةِ muḥtasibati
dual	masculine			feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُحْتَسِبَيْن muḥtasibayn	الْمُحْتَسِبَيْن al-muḥtasibayn	مُحْتَسِبَيْ muḥtasibay	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْن muḥtasibatayn	الْمُحْتَسِبَتَيْن al-muḥtasibatayn	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْ muḥtasibatay
nominative	مُحْتَسِبَانِ muḥtasibāni	الْمُحْتَسِبَانِ al-muḥtasibāni	مُحْتَسِبَا muḥtasibā	مُحْتَسِبَتَانِ muḥtasibatāni	الْمُحْتَسِبَتَانِ al-muḥtasibatāni	مُحْتَسِبَتَا muḥtasibatā
accusative	مُحْتَسِبَيْنِ muḥtasibayni	الْمُحْتَسِبَيْنِ al-muḥtasibayni	مُحْتَسِبَيْ muḥtasibay	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْنِ muḥtasibatayni	الْمُحْتَسِبَتَيْنِ al-muḥtasibatayni	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْ muḥtasibatay
genitive	مُحْتَسِبَيْنِ muḥtasibayni	الْمُحْتَسِبَيْنِ al-muḥtasibayni	مُحْتَسِبَيْ muḥtasibay	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْنِ muḥtasibatayni	الْمُحْتَسِبَتَيْنِ al-muḥtasibatayni	مُحْتَسِبَتَيْ muḥtasibatay
plural	masculine			feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُحْتَسِبِين muḥtasibīn	الْمُحْتَسِبِين al-muḥtasibīn	مُحْتَسِبِي muḥtasibī	مُحْتَسِبَات muḥtasibāt	الْمُحْتَسِبَات al-muḥtasibāt	مُحْتَسِبَات muḥtasibāt
nominative	مُحْتَسِبُونَ muḥtasibūna	الْمُحْتَسِبُونَ al-muḥtasibūna	مُحْتَسِبُو muḥtasibū	مُحْتَسِبَاتٌ muḥtasibātun	الْمُحْتَسِبَاتُ al-muḥtasibātu	مُحْتَسِبَاتُ muḥtasibātu
accusative	مُحْتَسِبِينَ muḥtasibīna	الْمُحْتَسِبِينَ al-muḥtasibīna	مُحْتَسِبِي muḥtasibī	مُحْتَسِبَاتٍ muḥtasibātin	الْمُحْتَسِبَاتِ al-muḥtasibāti	مُحْتَسِبَاتِ muḥtasibāti
genitive	مُحْتَسِبِينَ muḥtasibīna	الْمُحْتَسِبِينَ al-muḥtasibīna	مُحْتَسِبِي muḥtasibī	مُحْتَسِبَاتٍ muḥtasibātin	الْمُحْتَسِبَاتِ al-muḥtasibāti	مُحْتَسِبَاتِ muḥtasibāti

Descendants

→ Persian: محتسب
- → Urdu: محتسب
- → Azerbaijani: möhtəsib
- → Ottoman Turkish: محتسب
  - Turkish: muhtesib
→ Portuguese: almotacé, almotacel
→ Spanish: almotacén
→ Uzbek: muhtasib

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (muhtasib), from Arabic مُحْتَسِب (muḥtasib), active participle of اِحْتَسَبَ (iḥtasaba).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /moːɦ.t̪ə.sɪb/

Noun

مُحتَسِب • (mohtasib) m (Hindi spelling मुहतसिब)

ombudsman, censor

References

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