انتخاب

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Arabic

Root
ن خ ب (n ḵ b)
5 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْتَخَبَ (intaḵaba, to choose, to elect).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.ti.xaːb/
  • Rhymes: -aːb
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Noun

اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵābm (plural اِنْتِخَابَات (intiḵābāt))

  1. election

Declension

Descendants

(via plural form اِنْتِخَابَات (intiḵābāt)):

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

Noun

انتخاب (intihab) (plural انتخابات (intihabat))

  1. election
    • 1913 October 18, “بولغارستانده انتخابات [Elections in Bulgaria]”, in Peyam, page 1:
      صوفیه ۱۲ تشرینثانی — اجراسه قریب الوقوع اولان انتخابات مناسبتیله حكومت فرقه‌سی طرفندن ترتیب ایدیلن بیوك براجتماعده رئیس وكلا موسیو (رادوسلاف) قابینه نامنه قرائت ایتمشدر.
      Sofya 12 teşrinisani — İcrası karib el-vuku olan intihabat münasebetiyle hükûmet fırkası tarafından tertib edilen büyük bir ictima'da reis Mosyo Radoslaf kabine namine kıraat etmiştir.
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Descendants

References

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? intixāḇ
Dari reading? intixāb
Iranian reading? entexâb
Tajik reading? intixob

Noun

Dari انتخاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik интихоб

اِنْتِخاب (entexâb) (plural انتخابات (entexâbât))

  1. election
    در انتخابات ترکیه کی انتخاب شده است؟ (more literary)
    dar entexâbât-e torkiye ki entexâb šode ast?
    تو انتخابات ترکیه کی انتخاب شده؟ (more colloquial)
    tu entexâbât-e torkiye ki entexâb šode?
    Who has been elected in the Turkish elections?
  2. selection
  3. option, choice

Derived terms

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Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْتِخَاب, from Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪn.t̪ɪ.xɑːb/, /ɪn.t̪eː.xɑːb/, /ɪn.t̪əxɑːb/
  • Hyphenation: اِنْ‧تِ‧خاب
  • Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

اِنْتِخاب (intixābm (formal plural اِنْتِخَابَات (intixābāt), Hindi spelling इंतख़ाब)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) election
  2. selection
    Synonym: چُناؤ (cunāo)