इख़्तियार

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अख़्तियार (axtiyār)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اختیار (ixtīyār), from Arabic اِخْتِيَار (iḵtiyār, “choice”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪx.t̪ɪ.jɑːɾ/, [ɪx.t̪i.jäːɾ], /ɪkʰ.t̪ɪ.jɑːɾ/, [ɪkʰ.t̪i.jäːɾ]

Noun

इख़्तियार • (ixtiyār) m (Urdu spelling اختیار)

1. power, authority, jurisdiction

   Synonym: अधिकार (adhikār)

Declension

Declension of इख़्तियार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इख़्तियार ixtiyār	इख़्तियार ixtiyār
oblique	इख़्तियार ixtiyār	इख़्तियारों ixtiyārõ
vocative	इख़्तियार ixtiyār	इख़्तियारो ixtiyāro

Related terms

• बेइख़्तियार (beixtiyār, “involuntary”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ikhtiyar”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press