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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اِخْتِيَارِيّ (iḵtiyāriyy). By surface analysis, اختیار (extiyâr, “choice”) + ـی (-i).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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ixtiyārī
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| Dari reading?
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ixtiyārī
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| Iranian reading?
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extiyâri
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| Tajik reading?
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ixtiyori
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Adjective
| Dari
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اختیاری
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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ихтиёрӣ
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اختیاری • (extiyâri)
- optional
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِخْتِیَارِی (ixtiyārī), from Arabic اِخْتِيَارِيّ (iḵtiyāriyy). By surface analysis, اِخْتِیار (ixtiyār) + ـِی (-ī).
Pronunciation
Adjective
اِخْتِیاری • (ixtiyārī) (Hindi spelling इख़्तियारी)
- optional; voluntary; at one's disposal
Further reading
- “اختیاری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “اختیاری”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.