इम्तहान

Hindi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic اِمْتَحَنَ (imtaḥana)
    Arabic اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān)bor.
    Classical Persian اِمْتِحَان (imtihān)bor.
    Hindi इम्तहान (imtahān)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمْتِحَان (imtihān), borrowed from Arabic اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān), from اِمْتَحَنَ (imtaḥana). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi امتحان (amtḥan /⁠imtihān⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɪm.t̪ə.ɦɑːn/, [ɪ̃m.t̪ɐ.ɦä̃ːn]

    Noun

    इम्तहान • (imtahān) m (Urdu spelling امتحان)

    1. examination, test
      Synonym: परीक्षा (parīkṣā)
    2. trial

    Declension

    Declension of इम्तहान (masc cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct इम्तहान
    imtahān     		इम्तहान
    imtahān
    oblique इम्तहान
    imtahān     		इम्तहानों
    imtahānõ
    vocative इम्तहान
    imtahān     		इम्तहानो
    imtahāno

    Alternative forms

    1. ^ “इम्तहान”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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