معتبر

Arabic

Root
ع ب ر (ʕ-b-r)

Etymology 1

Root
ع ب ر (ʕ-b-r)

Derived from the active participle of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara, to acknowledge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muʕ.ta.bir/

Adjective

مُعْتَبِر • (muʕtabir) (feminine مُعْتَبِرَة (muʕtabira), masculine plural مُعْتَبِرُونَ (muʕtabirūna), feminine plural مُعْتَبِرَات (muʕtabirāt))

  1. active participle of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
ع ب ر (ʕ-b-r)

Derived from the passive participle of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara, to acknowledge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muʕ.ta.bar/

Adjective

مُعْتَبَر • (muʕtabar) (feminine مُعْتَبَرَة (muʕtabara), masculine plural مُعْتَبَرُونَ (muʕtabarūna), feminine plural مُعْتَبَرَات (muʕtabarāt))

  1. passive participle of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).
  2. acknowledged, respected, respectable, reputable
  3. credible, creditable, trustworthy
  4. legal, valid
    اِخْتِلَاف مُعْتَبَرiḵtilāf muʕtabara valid difference in opinions (islamic jurisprudence)
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: mötəbər
  • Ottoman Turkish: معتبر (muteber)
  • Persian: معتبر (mo'tabar)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُعْتَبَر (muʕtabar).

Adjective

معتبر • (muteber)

  1. respected; respectable
  2. (of a document) legal, valid
  3. (figurative, business) sound, solvent
  • معتبرات (muteberat)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “muteber”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “معتبر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1189b
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muteber”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معتبر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1901

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُعْتَبَر (muʕtabar).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mo̞ʔ.t̪ʰä.bäɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [moː.t̪ʰä.bäɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mʊː.t̪ʰä.bäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? mu'taḇar
Dari reading? mo'tabar
Iranian reading? mo'tabar
Tajik reading? müʾtabar

Adjective

مُعتَبَر • (mo'tabar) (comparative مُعتَبَرتَر (mo'tabar-tar), superlative مُعتَبَرتَرین (mo'tabar-tarin))

  1. real, genuine, authentic; true
  2. reputable; credible, creditable, trustworthy

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ب ر
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُعْتَبَر (muʕtabar). Equivalent to the passive participle of اعتبر (iʕtabar, to consider) .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miʕtbir/, [ˈmɪʕt.bɪr]
  • (file)

Adjective

معتبر • (miʕtber)

  1. respected, highly regarded
    جوز أختي زلمة معتبر كتير.
    jōz ʔoḵti zalame miʕtber ktīr
    My sister's husband is a very highly regarded man.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian معتبر (mu'tabar), from Arabic مُعْتَبَر (muʕtabar).

Adjective

معتبر • (mo'tabar) (Hindi spelling मोतबर)

  1. credible, reliable
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