اختراع

Arabic

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Noun

اِخْتِرَاع • (iḵtirāʕ) m (plural اِخْتِرَاعَات (iḵtirāʕāt))

1. verbal noun of اِخْتَرَعَ (iḵtaraʕa) (form VIII)
2. invention

Declension

Declension of noun اِخْتِرَاع (iḵtirāʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِخْتِرَاع iḵtirāʕ	الِاخْتِرَاع al-iḵtirāʕ	اِخْتِرَاع iḵtirāʕ
Nominative	اِخْتِرَاعٌ iḵtirāʕun	الِاخْتِرَاعُ al-iḵtirāʕu	اِخْتِرَاعُ iḵtirāʕu
Accusative	اِخْتِرَاعًا iḵtirāʕan	الِاخْتِرَاعَ al-iḵtirāʕa	اِخْتِرَاعَ iḵtirāʕa
Genitive	اِخْتِرَاعٍ iḵtirāʕin	الِاخْتِرَاعِ al-iḵtirāʕi	اِخْتِرَاعِ iḵtirāʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِخْتِرَاعَيْن iḵtirāʕayn	الِاخْتِرَاعَيْن al-iḵtirāʕayn	اِخْتِرَاعَيْ iḵtirāʕay
Nominative	اِخْتِرَاعَانِ iḵtirāʕāni	الِاخْتِرَاعَانِ al-iḵtirāʕāni	اِخْتِرَاعَا iḵtirāʕā
Accusative	اِخْتِرَاعَيْنِ iḵtirāʕayni	الِاخْتِرَاعَيْنِ al-iḵtirāʕayni	اِخْتِرَاعَيْ iḵtirāʕay
Genitive	اِخْتِرَاعَيْنِ iḵtirāʕayni	الِاخْتِرَاعَيْنِ al-iḵtirāʕayni	اِخْتِرَاعَيْ iḵtirāʕay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِخْتِرَاعَات iḵtirāʕāt	الِاخْتِرَاعَات al-iḵtirāʕāt	اِخْتِرَاعَات iḵtirāʕāt
Nominative	اِخْتِرَاعَاتٌ iḵtirāʕātun	الِاخْتِرَاعَاتُ al-iḵtirāʕātu	اِخْتِرَاعَاتُ iḵtirāʕātu
Accusative	اِخْتِرَاعَاتٍ iḵtirāʕātin	الِاخْتِرَاعَاتِ al-iḵtirāʕāti	اِخْتِرَاعَاتِ iḵtirāʕāti
Genitive	اِخْتِرَاعَاتٍ iḵtirāʕātin	الِاخْتِرَاعَاتِ al-iḵtirāʕāti	اِخْتِرَاعَاتِ iḵtirāʕāti

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِخْتِرَاع (iḵtirāʕ).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔix.ti.ˈɾɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔix.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́ː]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔex.t̪ʰe.ɹɒ́ːʔ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔex.t̪ʰe.ɹɒ́ːʔ]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ʔex.t̪ʰe.ɹɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiχ.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́ʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ixtirā'
Dari reading?	ixtirā'
Iranian reading?	exterâ'
Tajik reading?	ixtiroʾ

Noun

اختراع • (exterâ') (plural اختراعات (exterâ'ât))

1. invention

   اختراع هواپیما ― exterâ'-e havâpeymâ ― invention of the airplane

   اختراع تلفن ― exterâ'-e telefon ― invention of the telephone

2. (archaic) newness, novelty, something new
   • late 1100s, Jamāl-ud-Dīn Abd-ur-Razzāq, “Qasīda 76”, in دیوان جمال‌الدین عبدالرزاق‎^[1]:

     ای ترا گاه کرم با هر کسی صد اصطناع
     وی ترا وقت بیان در هر سخن صد اختراع

     ay tu rā gāh-i karam bar har kasē sad istinā'
     w-ay tu rā waqt-i bayān dar har suxan sad ixtirā'

     O you whose noble place is a hundred bounties to everyone,
     O you who, when you speak, have a hundred new things in every word.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Related terms

• اختراع کردن (exterâ' kardan)
• ثبت اختراع (sabt-e exterâ')
• مخترع (moxtare')

 

Urdu

Noun

اختراع • (ixtirā) f (Hindi spelling इख़्तिरा)

1. invention, innovation, feigning, newness, novelty