متعهد

Arabic

Root
ع ه د (ʕ-h-d)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of تَعَهَّدَ (taʕahhada, “to maintain, to commit oneself”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ta.ʕah.hid/

Noun

مُتَعَهِّد • (mutaʕahhid) m (plural مُتَعَهِّدُون (mutaʕahhidūn))

1. contractor
2. entrepreneur
3. concessionaire

Declension

Declension of noun مُتَعَهِّد (mutaʕahhid)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُتَعَهِّد mutaʕahhid	الْمُتَعَهِّد al-mutaʕahhid	مُتَعَهِّد mutaʕahhid
Nominative	مُتَعَهِّدٌ mutaʕahhidun	الْمُتَعَهِّدُ al-mutaʕahhidu	مُتَعَهِّدُ mutaʕahhidu
Accusative	مُتَعَهِّدًا mutaʕahhidan	الْمُتَعَهِّدَ al-mutaʕahhida	مُتَعَهِّدَ mutaʕahhida
Genitive	مُتَعَهِّدٍ mutaʕahhidin	الْمُتَعَهِّدِ al-mutaʕahhidi	مُتَعَهِّدِ mutaʕahhidi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُتَعَهِّدَيْن mutaʕahhidayn	الْمُتَعَهِّدَيْن al-mutaʕahhidayn	مُتَعَهِّدَيْ mutaʕahhiday
Nominative	مُتَعَهِّدَانِ mutaʕahhidāni	الْمُتَعَهِّدَانِ al-mutaʕahhidāni	مُتَعَهِّدَا mutaʕahhidā
Accusative	مُتَعَهِّدَيْنِ mutaʕahhidayni	الْمُتَعَهِّدَيْنِ al-mutaʕahhidayni	مُتَعَهِّدَيْ mutaʕahhiday
Genitive	مُتَعَهِّدَيْنِ mutaʕahhidayni	الْمُتَعَهِّدَيْنِ al-mutaʕahhidayni	مُتَعَهِّدَيْ mutaʕahhiday
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُتَعَهِّدِين mutaʕahhidīn	الْمُتَعَهِّدِين al-mutaʕahhidīn	مُتَعَهِّدِي mutaʕahhidī
Nominative	مُتَعَهِّدُونَ mutaʕahhidūna	الْمُتَعَهِّدُونَ al-mutaʕahhidūna	مُتَعَهِّدُو mutaʕahhidū
Accusative	مُتَعَهِّدِينَ mutaʕahhidīna	الْمُتَعَهِّدِينَ al-mutaʕahhidīna	مُتَعَهِّدِي mutaʕahhidī
Genitive	مُتَعَهِّدِينَ mutaʕahhidīna	الْمُتَعَهِّدِينَ al-mutaʕahhidīna	مُتَعَهِّدِي mutaʕahhidī

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mütəəhhid
• → Ottoman Turkish: متعهد (müteahhit)
  • Turkish: müteahhit
• → Persian: متعهد

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَعَهِّد (mutaʕahhid).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ta.ʔah.hið]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.ʔäɦ.hɪd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.ʔäɦ.hɪd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰɑːɑːɪd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰɔːɔːid̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.t̪ʰæ.ʔæɦ.hed̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.ʔäɦ.hid̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	muta'ahhiḏ
Dari reading?	muta'ahhid
Iranian reading?	mota'ahhed
Tajik reading?	mutaʾahhid

Adjective

متعهد • (mota'ahhed)

1. obliged; committed; with the responsibility to
2. responsible; committed

   مرد متعهدی نیست. ― mard-e mota'ahhedi nist. ― He is not a responsible man.