استفسار

Arabic

Root
ف س ر (f-s-r)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَفْسَرَ (istafsara) from the root ف س ر (f-s-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tif.saːr/

Noun

اِسْتِفْسَار • (istifsār) m (plural اِسْتِفْسَارَات (istifsārāt))

1. (countable) a question, query, inquiry

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِفْسَار (istifsār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِفْسَار istifsār	الِاسْتِفْسَار al-istifsār	اِسْتِفْسَار istifsār
Nominative	اِسْتِفْسَارٌ istifsārun	الِاسْتِفْسَارُ al-istifsāru	اِسْتِفْسَارُ istifsāru
Accusative	اِسْتِفْسَارًا istifsāran	الِاسْتِفْسَارَ al-istifsāra	اِسْتِفْسَارَ istifsāra
Genitive	اِسْتِفْسَارٍ istifsārin	الِاسْتِفْسَارِ al-istifsāri	اِسْتِفْسَارِ istifsāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِفْسَارَيْن istifsārayn	الِاسْتِفْسَارَيْن al-istifsārayn	اِسْتِفْسَارَيْ istifsāray
Nominative	اِسْتِفْسَارَانِ istifsārāni	الِاسْتِفْسَارَانِ al-istifsārāni	اِسْتِفْسَارَا istifsārā
Accusative	اِسْتِفْسَارَيْنِ istifsārayni	الِاسْتِفْسَارَيْنِ al-istifsārayni	اِسْتِفْسَارَيْ istifsāray
Genitive	اِسْتِفْسَارَيْنِ istifsārayni	الِاسْتِفْسَارَيْنِ al-istifsārayni	اِسْتِفْسَارَيْ istifsāray
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِفْسَارَات istifsārāt	الِاسْتِفْسَارَات al-istifsārāt	اِسْتِفْسَارَات istifsārāt
Nominative	اِسْتِفْسَارَاتٌ istifsārātun	الِاسْتِفْسَارَاتُ al-istifsārātu	اِسْتِفْسَارَاتُ istifsārātu
Accusative	اِسْتِفْسَارَاتٍ istifsārātin	الِاسْتِفْسَارَاتِ al-istifsārāti	اِسْتِفْسَارَاتِ istifsārāti
Genitive	اِسْتِفْسَارَاتٍ istifsārātin	الِاسْتِفْسَارَاتِ al-istifsārāti	اِسْتِفْسَارَاتِ istifsārāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: istifsar
• → Urdu: استفسار

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830–1837) “استفسار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “استفسار”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “استفسار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “استفسار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتِفْسَار (istifsār).

Noun

استفسار • (istefsār) m

1. question, query, inquiry