مفتوح
Arabic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ف ت ح (f t ḥ) |
| 18 terms |
Derived from the passive participle of فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maf.tuːħ/
- Rhymes: -uːħ
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Adjective
مَفْتُوح • (maftūḥ) (feminine مَفْتُوحَة (maftūḥa), masculine plural مَفْتُوحُونَ (maftūḥūna), feminine plural مَفْتُوحَات (maftūḥāt))
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | مَفْتُوح maftūḥ |
الْمَفْتُوح al-maftūḥ |
مَفْتُوحَة maftūḥa |
الْمَفْتُوحَة al-maftūḥa |
| nominative | مَفْتُوحٌ maftūḥun |
الْمَفْتُوحُ al-maftūḥu |
مَفْتُوحَةٌ maftūḥatun |
الْمَفْتُوحَةُ al-maftūḥatu |
| accusative | مَفْتُوحًا maftūḥan |
الْمَفْتُوحَ al-maftūḥa |
مَفْتُوحَةً maftūḥatan |
الْمَفْتُوحَةَ al-maftūḥata |
| genitive | مَفْتُوحٍ maftūḥin |
الْمَفْتُوحِ al-maftūḥi |
مَفْتُوحَةٍ maftūḥatin |
الْمَفْتُوحَةِ al-maftūḥati |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | مَفْتُوحَيْن maftūḥayn |
الْمَفْتُوحَيْن al-maftūḥayn |
مَفْتُوحَتَيْن maftūḥatayn |
الْمَفْتُوحَتَيْن al-maftūḥatayn |
| nominative | مَفْتُوحَانِ maftūḥāni |
الْمَفْتُوحَانِ al-maftūḥāni |
مَفْتُوحَتَانِ maftūḥatāni |
الْمَفْتُوحَتَانِ al-maftūḥatāni |
| accusative | مَفْتُوحَيْنِ maftūḥayni |
الْمَفْتُوحَيْنِ al-maftūḥayni |
مَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ maftūḥatayni |
الْمَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ al-maftūḥatayni |
| genitive | مَفْتُوحَيْنِ maftūḥayni |
الْمَفْتُوحَيْنِ al-maftūḥayni |
مَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ maftūḥatayni |
الْمَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ al-maftūḥatayni |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | مَفْتُوحِين maftūḥīn |
الْمَفْتُوحِين al-maftūḥīn |
مَفْتُوحَات maftūḥāt |
الْمَفْتُوحَات al-maftūḥāt |
| nominative | مَفْتُوحُونَ maftūḥūna |
الْمَفْتُوحُونَ al-maftūḥūna |
مَفْتُوحَاتٌ maftūḥātun |
الْمَفْتُوحَاتُ al-maftūḥātu |
| accusative | مَفْتُوحِينَ maftūḥīna |
الْمَفْتُوحِينَ al-maftūḥīna |
مَفْتُوحَاتٍ maftūḥātin |
الْمَفْتُوحَاتِ al-maftūḥāti |
| genitive | مَفْتُوحِينَ maftūḥīna |
الْمَفْتُوحِينَ al-maftūḥīna |
مَفْتُوحَاتٍ maftūḥātin |
الْمَفْتُوحَاتِ al-maftūḥāti |
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- մէֆթուհ (meftuh) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَفْتُوح (maftūḥ, “open”).
Adjective
مفتوح • (meftuh)
- open, able to be accessed, not closed
- (of a country) captured, conquered
- explained, revealed, manifest, unfolded
Descendants
- Turkish: meftuh
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “meftuh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3110
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مفتوح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1201
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Apertus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[2], Vienna, column 70
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مفتوح”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 4807
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مفتوح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1931
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَفْتُوح (maftūḥ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /maf.ˈtuːh/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäf.t̪ʰúːʱ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæf.t̪ʰúːʰ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäf.t̪ʰúʱ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | maftūh |
| Dari reading? | maftūh |
| Iranian reading? | maftuh |
| Tajik reading? | maftuh |
Adjective
مفتوح • (maftuh) (formal)
- open, opened
- Synonyms: باز شده (bâz šode), گشایش یافته (gošâyeš yâfte)
- 2024 May 12, “«چرا شما را نمیگیرن؟»؛ صادق زیباکلام زندانی شد”, in bbc.com/persian[5], BBC Persian:
- آقای زیباکلام سه پرونده قضائی مفتوح داشت. اتهام او در پرونده اول و دوم «فعالیت تبلیغی علیه نظام» و در پرونده سوم، «نشر مطالب خلاف واقع» بود.
- âqâ-ye zibâkalâm se parvande-ye qazâ'i-ye maftuh dâšt. ettehâm-e u dar parvande-ye avval o dovvom "fa'âliyat-e tabliġi aleyh-e nezâm" va dar parvande-ye sevvom, "našr-e matâleb-e xelâf-e vâqe'" bud.
- Mr. Zibakalam had three open legal cases. In the first and second cases, he was accused of "propaganda activity against the system," and in the third, of "dissemination of topics contrary to fact."
- conquered, subjugated
- Synonym: فتح شده (fath šode)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مفتوح”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ف ت ح |
| 5 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic مَفْتُوح (maftūḥ). Equivalent to the passive participle of فتح (fataḥ, “to open”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
مفتوح • (maftūḥ) (feminine مفتوحة (maftūḥa))
See also
- فاتح (fāteḥ, “open (shop, business etc.)”)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مفتوح (maftūḥ), from Arabic مَفْتُوح (maftūḥ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məf.t̪uː(ɦ)/
- Rhymes: -uːɦ
- Hyphenation: مَف‧تُوح
Adjective
مَفْتُوح • (maftūh) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मफ़्तूह)
- conquered; captured (related to فَتْح (fath))
- (formal) open (of a door etc.)
- Synonym: کُھلا (khulā)
- 1899, رویائے صادقہ [A Fulfilled Vision][6], page 210:
- کل دُنیاوی ترقیوں کے دروازے ہمارے لئے مفتوح تھے۔
- kal dunyāvī taraqqiyõ ke darvāze hamāre liye maftūh the.
- Yesterday, the gates to the materialistic advancements were open for us.
- (grammar) followed by a fatha
- (figurative) naked
See also
Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ف ت ح (0 c, 2 e)
Further reading
- “مفتوح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “مفتوح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “مفتوح”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]