انحطاط

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Arabic

Root
ح ط ط (ḥ ṭ ṭ)
7 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْحَطَّ (inḥaṭṭa).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭm

  1. descent, decline, degradation

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: انحطاط
    • Turkish: inhitat
  • Persian: انحطاط

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭ), verbal noun of اِنْحَطَّ (inḥaṭṭa, to descend; to decline).

Noun

انحطاط (inhitat)

  1. descent
  2. decline, degradation

Descendants

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “inhitat”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? inhitāt
Dari reading? inhitāt
Iranian reading? enhetât
Tajik reading? inhitot

Noun

Dari انحطاط
Iranian Persian
Tajik инҳитот

انحطاط (enhetât)

  1. decline; degeneration
    انحطاط تمدنenhetât-e tamaddondecline of civilization