مفتوح

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف ت ح (f t ḥ)
17 terms

Derived from the passive participle of فَتَحَ (fataḥa, to open).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maf.tuːħ/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

مَفْتُوح (maftūḥ) (feminine مَفْتُوحَة (maftūḥa), masculine plural مَفْتُوحُونَ (maftūḥūna), feminine plural مَفْتُوحَات (maftūḥāt))

  1. open
    Antonym: مُغْلَق (muḡlaq)
  2. (grammar) followed by the vowel sign fatḥa
    Hypernym: مُعْجَم (muʕjam)
    Coordinate terms: مَكْسُور (maksūr), مَضْمُوم (maḍmūm)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَفْتُوح (maftūḥ, open).

Adjective

مفتوح (meftuh)

  1. open, able to be accessed, not closed
    Synonyms: آچلمش (açılmış), آچق (açık), باز (baz)
  2. (of a country) captured, conquered
  3. explained, revealed, manifest, unfolded

Descendants

  • Turkish: meftuh

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَفْتُوح (maftūḥ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? maftūh
Dari reading? maftūh
Iranian reading? maftuh
Tajik reading? maftuh

Adjective

مفتوح (maftuh) (formal)

  1. open, opened
    Synonyms: باز شده (bâz šode), گشایش یافته (gošâyeš yâfte)
    • 2024 May 12, “«چرا شما را نمی‌گیرن؟»؛ صادق زیباکلام زندانی شد”, in bbc.com/persian, BBC Persian:
      آقای زیباکلام سه پرونده قضائی مفتوح داشت. اتهام او در پرونده اول و دوم «فعالیت تبلیغی علیه نظام» و در پرونده سوم، «نشر مطالب خلاف واقع» بود.
      âqâ-ye zibâkalâm se parvande-ye qazâ'i-ye maftuh dâšt. ettehâm-e u dar parvande-ye avval o dovvom "fa'âliyat-e tabliği aleyh-e nezâm" va dar parvande-ye sevvom, "našr-e matâleb-e xelâf-e vâqe'" bud.
      Mr. Zibakalam had three open legal cases. In the first and second cases, he was accused of "propaganda activity against the system," and in the third, of "dissemination of topics contrary to fact."
  2. conquered, subjugated
    Synonym: فتح شده (fath šode)

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ت ح
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَفْتُوح (maftūḥ). Equivalent to the passive participle of فتح (fataḥ, to open).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مفتوح (maftūḥ) (feminine مفتوحة (maftūḥa))

  1. open (of an object)
    Antonym: مسكّر (msakkar)

See also

  • فاتح (fāteḥ, open (shop, business etc.))

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مفتوح (maftūḥ), from Arabic مَفْتُوح (maftūḥ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَفْتُوح (maftūh) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मफ़्तूह)

  1. conquered; captured (related to فَتْح (fath))
  2. (formal) open (of a door etc.)
    Synonym: کُھلا (khulā)
    • 1899, رویائے صادقہ [A Fulfilled Vision]‎, page 210:
      کل دُنیاوی ترقیوں کے دروازے ہمارے لئے مفتوح تھے۔
      kal dunyāvī taraqqiyõ ke darvāze hamāre liye maftūh the.
      Yesterday, the gates to the materialistic advancements were open for us.
  3. (grammar) followed by a fatha
  4. (figurative) naked

See also

Further reading

  • مفتوح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مفتوح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مفتوح”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مفتوح”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1052