इख़्तियार
Hindi
Alternative forms
- अख़्तियार (axtiyār)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اختیار (ixtīyār), from Arabic اِخْتِيَار (iḵtiyār, “choice”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɪx.t̪ɪ.jɑːɾ/, [ɪx.t̪i.jäːɾ], /ɪkʰ.t̪ɪ.jɑːɾ/, [ɪkʰ.t̪i.jäːɾ]
Noun
इख़्तियार • (ixtiyār) m (Urdu spelling اختیار)
- power, authority, jurisdiction
- Synonym: अधिकार (adhikār)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | इख़्तियार ixtiyār |
इख़्तियार ixtiyār |
| oblique | इख़्तियार ixtiyār |
इख़्तियारों ixtiyārõ |
| vocative | इख़्तियार ixtiyār |
इख़्तियारो ixtiyāro |
Related terms
- बेइख़्तियार (beixtiyār, “involuntary”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ikhtiyar”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press