معتبر

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

• IPA^(key): /muʕ.ta.bir/

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

1. active participle of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).

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

• IPA^(key): /muʕ.ta.bar/

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 مُعْتَبَر ― iḵtilāf muʕtabar ― a valid difference in opinions (islamic jurisprudence)

• → Azerbaijani: mötəbər
• → Ottoman Turkish: معتبر (muteber)
  • Turkish: muteber
  • Crimean Tatar: mutaber
• → Persian: معتبر (mo'tabar)
  • → Urdu: معتبر (mo'tabar)

From Arabic مُعْتَبَر (muʕtabar).

معتبر • (muteber)

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

• معتبرات (muteberat)

• Turkish: muteber

• 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

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَبَر (muʕtabar).

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

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

• اِعتِبار (e'tebâr)

• → Urdu: معتبر (mo'tabar)

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

• IPA^(key): /miʕtbir/,

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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.

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

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

1. credible, reliable