اعتبار

Arabic
Root
ع ب ر (ʕ-b-r)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iʕ.ti.baːr/

Noun

اِعْتِبَار • (iʕtibār) m (plural اِعْتِبَارَات (iʕtibārāt))

  1. verbal noun of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara) (form VIII)
  2. regard, respect
    اِعْتِبَارًا لِ/بِ... ― iʕtibāran li/bi... ― with respect to...
    بِ/عَلَى ٱعْتِبَارِ أَنْ... ― bi/ʕalā ʕtibāri ʔan... ― considering that...

Declension
Declension of noun اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِعْتِبَار
iʕtibār		 الِاعْتِبَار
al-iʕtibār		 اِعْتِبَار
iʕtibār
Nominative اِعْتِبَارٌ
iʕtibārun		 الِاعْتِبَارُ
al-iʕtibāru		 اِعْتِبَارُ
iʕtibāru
Accusative اِعْتِبَارًا
iʕtibāran		 الِاعْتِبَارَ
al-iʕtibāra		 اِعْتِبَارَ
iʕtibāra
Genitive اِعْتِبَارٍ
iʕtibārin		 الِاعْتِبَارِ
al-iʕtibāri		 اِعْتِبَارِ
iʕtibāri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِعْتِبَارَيْن
iʕtibārayn		 الِاعْتِبَارَيْن
al-iʕtibārayn		 اِعْتِبَارَيْ
iʕtibāray
Nominative اِعْتِبَارَانِ
iʕtibārāni		 الِاعْتِبَارَانِ
al-iʕtibārāni		 اِعْتِبَارَا
iʕtibārā
Accusative اِعْتِبَارَيْنِ
iʕtibārayni		 الِاعْتِبَارَيْنِ
al-iʕtibārayni		 اِعْتِبَارَيْ
iʕtibāray
Genitive اِعْتِبَارَيْنِ
iʕtibārayni		 الِاعْتِبَارَيْنِ
al-iʕtibārayni		 اِعْتِبَارَيْ
iʕtibāray
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِعْتِبَارَات
iʕtibārāt		 الِاعْتِبَارَات
al-iʕtibārāt		 اِعْتِبَارَات
iʕtibārāt
Nominative اِعْتِبَارَاتٌ
iʕtibārātun		 الِاعْتِبَارَاتُ
al-iʕtibārātu		 اِعْتِبَارَاتُ
iʕtibārātu
Accusative اِعْتِبَارَاتٍ
iʕtibārātin		 الِاعْتِبَارَاتِ
al-iʕtibārāti		 اِعْتِبَارَاتِ
iʕtibārāti
Genitive اِعْتِبَارَاتٍ
iʕtibārātin		 الِاعْتِبَارَاتِ
al-iʕtibārāti		 اِعْتِبَارَاتِ
iʕtibārāti

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰi.bɔ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? i'tiḇār
Dari reading? e'tibār
Iranian reading? e'tebâr
Tajik reading? eʾtibor
  • Rhymes: -âr

Noun
Dari اعتبار
Iranian Persian
Tajik эътибор

اعتبار • (e'tebâr)

  1. confidence; trust
    • 1705, Guru Gobind Singh, “verse 15”, in ظفرنامه [Zafarnama]:
      کسی قول قرآن کند اعتبار
      همان روز آخر شود مردخوار
      kasē qawl-i qur'ān kunad i'tibār
      hamān rōz-i āxar šawad mard-i xwār
      Whoever puts stock in a vow [made] on the Qur'an
      Will be a wretched man on the final day.
      (Classical romanization)
  2. validity, credibility; reliability
  3. credit

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اعتبار (i'tibâr), from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪʕ.t̪ɪ.bɑːɾ/
  • (common) IPA(key): [e.(ʔ)t̪ɪ.bɑːɾ], [eː.t̪e.bɑːɾ], [eːt̪.bɑːɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
  • Hyphenation: اِعْ‧تِ‧بار

Noun

اِعْتِبار • (iʻtibār) m (Hindi spelling एतबार)

  1. trust, confidence
  2. credibility
  3. reliability
  4. honesty, rightfulness

Declension
Declension of اعتبار
singular plural
direct اعتبار (iʻtibār) اعتبار (iʻtibār)
oblique اعتبار (iʻtibār) اعتباروں (iʻtibārō̃)
vocative اعتبار (iʻtibār) اعتبارو (iʻtibārō)

Further reading
  • “اعتبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “اعتبار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اعتبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “اعتبار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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