احتمال

Arabic

Root
ح م ل (ḥ-m-l)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِحْتَمَلَ (iḥtamala).

Noun

اِحْتِمَال • (iḥtimāl) m

1. verbal noun of اِحْتَمَلَ (iḥtamala) (form VIII)
   1. probability
   2. endurance

Declension

Declension of noun اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِحْتِمَال iḥtimāl	الِاحْتِمَال al-iḥtimāl	اِحْتِمَال iḥtimāl
Nominative	اِحْتِمَالٌ iḥtimālun	الِاحْتِمَالُ al-iḥtimālu	اِحْتِمَالُ iḥtimālu
Accusative	اِحْتِمَالًا iḥtimālan	الِاحْتِمَالَ al-iḥtimāla	اِحْتِمَالَ iḥtimāla
Genitive	اِحْتِمَالٍ iḥtimālin	الِاحْتِمَالِ al-iḥtimāli	اِحْتِمَالِ iḥtimāli

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ehtimal
• → Bashkir: ихтимал (ixtimal)
• → Ottoman Turkish: احتمال (ihtimal)

  Turkish: ihtimal

• → Tatar: ихтимал (ixtimal)
• → Uyghur: ئېھتىمال (ëhtimal)
• → Uzbek: ehtimol

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔih.ti.ˈmɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪh.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪh.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪh.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔih.t̪ʰi.mɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeh.t̪ʰe.mɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔih.t̪ʰi.mɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	ihtimāl
Dari reading?	ihtimāl
Iranian reading?	ehtemâl
Tajik reading?	ihtimol

Noun

Dari	احتمال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	эҳтимол

اِحتِمال • (ehtemâl) (plural اِحتِمالات (ehtemâlât))

1. probability
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3053:

     گفت چون وهم است ما هر دو یک‌ایم، در مقام احتمال و در شک‌ایم.

     goft čon vahm ast mâ har do yek-im, dar maqâm-e ehtemâl o dar šakk-im.

     He said, “Since it is [a matter of] opinion, we are both the same: we are [equally] exposed to probability and doubt.

2. possibility

   Synonym: امکان (emkân)

Derived terms

(verbs)

• احتمال دادن (ehtemâl dâdan, “to consider probable”)
• احتمال داشتن (ehtemâl dâštan, “to be probable”)

 

(adjectives)

• احتمالی (ehtemâli, “probable”)

 

Related terms

• احتمالا (ehtemâlan, “probably”)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian احتمال (ihtimāl), from Arabic اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /eːɦ.t̪eː.mɑːl/

Noun

احتمال • (ehtemāl) m (Hindi spelling एहतिमाल)

1. possibility, probability, tolerance, verisimilitude, virtuality