اکثریت

See also: اكثریت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَكْثَرِيَّة (ʔakṯariyya).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]

Readings
Classical reading? aksariyat
Dari reading? aksariyat
Iranian reading? aksariyat
Tajik reading? aksariyat

Noun
Dari اکثریت
Iranian Persian
Tajik аксарият

اکثریت • (aksariyat) (plural اکثریت‌ها (aksariyat-hâ))

  1. majority
    اکثریت ایرانیان مسلمان هستند. (more literary)
    aksariyat-e irâniyân musulmân hastand
    اکثریت ایرانیان مسلمانند. (more colloquial)
    aksariyat-e irâniyân musulmânand.
    The majority of Iranians are Muslims.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَکْثَرِیَت (aksariyat), from Arabic أَكْثَرِيَّة (ʔakṯariyya).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ək.sə.ɾɪ.jət̪/
  • Rhymes: -ət̪
  • Hyphenation: اَک‧ثَ‧رِ‧یَت

Noun

اَکْثَرِیَّت • (aksariyyat) f (Hindi spelling अक्सरिय्यत)

  1. majority
    Antonym: اَقَلِّیَت (aqalliyat)

Declension
Declension of اکثریت
singular plural
direct اَکْثَرِیَت (aksariyat) اَکْثَرِیَتیں (aksariyatẽ)
oblique اَکْثَرِیَت (aksariyat) اَکْثَرِیَتوں (aksariyatõ)
vocative اَکْثَرِیَت (aksariyat) اَکْثَرِیَتو (aksariyato)

Further reading
  • “اکثریت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “اکثریت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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