استعداد

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Arabic

Root
ع د د (ʕ d d)
14 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَعَدَّ (istaʕadda).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِسْتِعْدَاد • (istiʕdād) m

  1. verbal noun of اِسْتَعَدَّ (istaʕadda) (form X)
  2. preparation

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِعْدَاد (istiʕdād)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِسْتِعْدَاد
istiʕdād 		الِاسْتِعْدَاد
al-istiʕdād 		اِسْتِعْدَاد
istiʕdād
Nominative اِسْتِعْدَادٌ
istiʕdādun 		الِاسْتِعْدَادُ
al-istiʕdādu 		اِسْتِعْدَادُ
istiʕdādu
Accusative اِسْتِعْدَادًا
istiʕdādan 		الِاسْتِعْدَادَ
al-istiʕdāda 		اِسْتِعْدَادَ
istiʕdāda
Genitive اِسْتِعْدَادٍ
istiʕdādin 		الِاسْتِعْدَادِ
al-istiʕdādi 		اِسْتِعْدَادِ
istiʕdādi

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِعْدَاد (istiʕdād).

Dari استعداد
Iranian Persian
Tajik истеъдод

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? isti'dāḏ
Dari reading? iste'dād
Iranian reading? este'dâd
Tajik reading? isteʾdod

Noun

استعداد • (este'dâd)

  1. talent, aptitude
    استعداد موسیقی ― este'dâd-e musiqi ― talent for music
    استعداد ذاتی ― este'dâd-e zâti ― natural talent
    • 1105, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazalī, کیمیای سعادت [The Alchemy of Happiness]‎:
      اما در این جهان، شرف وی بدان است که وی را استعداد و شایستگی باشد که بدان شرف و عز حقیقی رسد وگرنه از وی ناقص‌تر و پیچیده‌تر امروز کیست؟
      ammā dar īn jahān, šaraf-i way bad-ān ast ki way rā isti'dād u šāyistagī bāšad ki bad-ān šaraf u izz-i haqīqī rasad w-agar-na az way nāqistar u pēčīdatar imrōz kī-st?
      But in this world, his nobility comes from his possession of the natural aptitude and fitness to reach that true nobility and glory. Otherwise, who today is more deficient and twisted than him?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. natural disposition

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِعْدَاد (istiʕdād).

Noun

اِسْتِعْداد • (istedād) f (Hindi spelling इस्तेदाद)

  1. knack, talent, skill
  2. aptitude
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