انحطاط

Arabic

Root
ح ط ط (ḥ-ṭ-ṭ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْحَطَّ (inḥaṭṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.ħi.tˤaːtˤ/

Noun

اِنْحِطَاط • (inḥiṭāṭ) m

  1. descent, decline, degradation

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: انحطاط
    • Turkish: inhitat
  • Persian: انحطاط

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭ), verbal noun of اِنْحَطَّ (inḥaṭṭa, to descend; to decline).

Noun

انحطاط • (inhitat)

  1. descent
  2. decline, degradation

Descendants

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “inhitat”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭ).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪn.hɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪ.nɪ.t̪ʰɑ́ːt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔi.ni.t̪ʰɔ́ːt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? inhitāt
Dari reading? inhitāt
Iranian reading? enhetât
Tajik reading? inhitot

Noun

Dari انحطاط
Iranian Persian
Tajik инҳитот

انحطاط • (enhetât)

  1. decline; degeneration
    انحطاط تمدنenhetât-e tamaddondecline of civilization
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