اعتبار

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Arabic

Root
ع ب ر (ʕ b r)
14 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِعْتِبَار • (iʕtibār) m (plural اِعْتِبَارَات (iʕtibārāt))

  1. verbal noun of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara) (form VIII)
  2. regard, respect
    اِعْتِبَارًا لِ/بِ... ― iʕtibāran li/bi... ― with respect to...
    بِ/عَلَى ٱعْتِبَارِ أَنْ... ― bi/ʕalā ʕtibāri ʔan... ― considering that...

Declension

Declension of noun اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِعْتِبَار
iʕtibār 		الِاعْتِبَار
al-iʕtibār 		اِعْتِبَار
iʕtibār
Nominative اِعْتِبَارٌ
iʕtibārun 		الِاعْتِبَارُ
al-iʕtibāru 		اِعْتِبَارُ
iʕtibāru
Accusative اِعْتِبَارًا
iʕtibāran 		الِاعْتِبَارَ
al-iʕtibāra 		اِعْتِبَارَ
iʕtibāra
Genitive اِعْتِبَارٍ
iʕtibārin 		الِاعْتِبَارِ
al-iʕtibāri 		اِعْتِبَارِ
iʕtibāri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِعْتِبَارَيْن
iʕtibārayn 		الِاعْتِبَارَيْن
al-iʕtibārayn 		اِعْتِبَارَيْ
iʕtibāray
Nominative اِعْتِبَارَانِ
iʕtibārāni 		الِاعْتِبَارَانِ
al-iʕtibārāni 		اِعْتِبَارَا
iʕtibārā
Accusative اِعْتِبَارَيْنِ
iʕtibārayni 		الِاعْتِبَارَيْنِ
al-iʕtibārayni 		اِعْتِبَارَيْ
iʕtibāray
Genitive اِعْتِبَارَيْنِ
iʕtibārayni 		الِاعْتِبَارَيْنِ
al-iʕtibārayni 		اِعْتِبَارَيْ
iʕtibāray
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِعْتِبَارَات
iʕtibārāt 		الِاعْتِبَارَات
al-iʕtibārāt 		اِعْتِبَارَات
iʕtibārāt
Nominative اِعْتِبَارَاتٌ
iʕtibārātun 		الِاعْتِبَارَاتُ
al-iʕtibārātu 		اِعْتِبَارَاتُ
iʕtibārātu
Accusative اِعْتِبَارَاتٍ
iʕtibārātin 		الِاعْتِبَارَاتِ
al-iʕtibārāti 		اِعْتِبَارَاتِ
iʕtibārāti
Genitive اِعْتِبَارَاتٍ
iʕtibārātin 		الِاعْتِبَارَاتِ
al-iʕtibārāti 		اِعْتِبَارَاتِ
iʕtibārāti

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār, “regard, respect”).

Noun

اعتبار • (i’tibâr) (definite accusative اعتباری (i’tibârı), plural اعتبارات (i’tibârât))

  1. consideration, esteem, reputation, regard, standing, repute, fame, the worth or estimation in which something or someone is held or considered
    Synonyms: اوك (üñ), شان (şan), شهرت (şöhret), صان (san)
  2. prestige, credit, respect, the quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is or how favourably something or someone is regarded
    Synonyms: حیثیت (haysiyet), شرف (şeref)
  3. (finance) credit, a privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? i'tiḇār
Dari reading? e'tibār
Iranian reading? e'tebâr
Tajik reading? eʾtibor

Noun

Dari اعتبار
Iranian Persian
Tajik эътибор

اعتبار • (e'tebâr)

  1. confidence; trust
    • 1705, Guru Gobind Singh, “verse 15”, in ظفرنامه [Zafarnama]:
      کسی قول قرآن کند اعتبار
      همان روز آخر شود مردخوار
      kasē qawl-i qur'ān kunad i'tibār
      hamān rōz-i āxar šawad mard-i xwār
      Whoever puts stock in a vow on the Qur'an
      Will be a wretched man on the final day.
      (Classical romanization)
  2. validity, credibility; reliability
  3. credit

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اعتبار (i'tibâr), from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِعْتِبار • (iʻtibār) m (Hindi spelling एतबार)

  1. trust, confidence
  2. credibility
  3. reliability
  4. honesty, rightfulness

Declension

    Declension of اعتبار
singular plural
direct اعتبار (iʻtibār) اعتبار (iʻtibār)
oblique اعتبار (iʻtibār) اعتباروں (iʻtibārõ)
vocative اعتبار (iʻtibār) اعتبارو (iʻtibāro)

Further reading

  • “اعتبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “اعتبار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اعتبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “اعتبار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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