ابتهال

Arabic

Root
ب ه ل (b-h-l)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ib.ti.haːl/

Noun

اِبْتِهَال • (ibtihāl) m

1. verbal noun of اِبْتَهَلَ (ibtahala) (form VIII)
2. supplication, fervent prayer, deprecation

Declension

Declension of noun اِبْتِهَال (ibtihāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِبْتِهَال ibtihāl	الِابْتِهَال al-ibtihāl	اِبْتِهَال ibtihāl
Nominative	اِبْتِهَالٌ ibtihālun	الِابْتِهَالُ al-ibtihālu	اِبْتِهَالُ ibtihālu
Accusative	اِبْتِهَالًا ibtihālan	الِابْتِهَالَ al-ibtihāla	اِبْتِهَالَ ibtihāla
Genitive	اِبْتِهَالٍ ibtihālin	الِابْتِهَالِ al-ibtihāli	اِبْتِهَالِ ibtihāli

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: ابتهال (ibtihal)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ابتهال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Proper noun

اِبْتِهَال • (ibtihāl) f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of noun اِبْتِهَال (ibtihāl)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	اِبْتِهَال ibtihāl	—
Nominative	—	اِبْتِهَالُ ibtihālu	—
Accusative	—	اِبْتِهَالَ ibtihāla	—
Genitive	—	اِبْتِهَالَ ibtihāla	—

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِبْتِهَال (ibtihāl).

Noun

ابتهال • (ibtihal) (definite accusative ابتهالی (ibtihali))

1. (poetic) supplication, solicitation, humble prayer

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “ibtihal”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ابتهال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 45a