ابتدائی

See also: ابتدائي

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِبْتِدَائِيّ (ibtidāʔiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiβ.ti.ðɑː.ˈʔiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪb.t̪ʰɪ.d̪ɑː.ʔíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪb.t̪ʰɪ.d̪ɑː.ʔíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪb.t̪ʰɪ.d̪ɑː.jíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔib.t̪ʰi.d̪ɔː.jí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeb.t̪ʰe.d̪ɒː.ʔíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔib.t̪ʰi.d̪ɔ.ʔí]

Readings
Classical reading?	iḇtiḏā'ī
Dari reading?	ibtidā'ī
Iranian reading?	ebtedâ'i
Tajik reading?	ibtidoʾī

Adjective

Dari	ابتدائی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ибтидоӣ

ابتدائی • (ebtedâ'i)

1. primary, elementary; preliminary

   مدرسه ابتدائی ― madrese-ye ebtedâ'i ― a primary school

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: इब्तिदाई (ibtidāī)
  • Urdu: ابتدائی (ibtidāī)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ابتدائی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪb.t̪ɪ.d̪ɑː.iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Adjective

ابتدائی • (ibtidāī) (Hindi spelling इब्तिदाई)

1. beginning, inchoate, incipient, initial, primary, primordial, abortive, elementary, fundamental, primal, rudimental

Adverb

ابتدائی • (ibtidāī) (Hindi spelling इब्तिदाई)

1. early