اجتناب

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِجْتِنَاب (ijtināb), verbal noun of اِجْتَنَبَ (ijtanaba).

Noun

اجتناب • (ictinab)

1. refraining, abstaining, avoiding
2. abstinence

Descendants

• Turkish: içtinap

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “içtinap”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اجتناب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 51b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِنَاب (ijtināb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔid͡ʒ.ti.ˈnɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.nɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔid͡ʒ.t̪ʰi.nɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔed͡ʒ.t̪ʰe.nɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔid͡ʒ.t̪ʰi.nɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	ijtināḇ
Dari reading?	ijtināb
Iranian reading?	ejtenâb
Tajik reading?	ijtinob

Noun

Dari	اجتناب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	иҷтиноб

اجتناب • (ejtenâb)

1. avoidance; evasion

   Synonym: دوری (duri)

   اجتناب ناپذیر ― ejtenâb nâpazir ― unavoidable

   اجتناب از او ممکن نیست.

   ejtenâb az u momken nist.

   It is impossible to avoid him.

Derived terms

• اجتناب کردن (ejtenâb kardan, “to avoid”)

 

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic اِجْتِنَاب (ijtināb), verbal noun of اِجْتَنَبَ (ijtanaba).

Noun

اجتناب • (ijtināb) m (Hindi spelling इज्तिनाब)

1. abstention, evasion, go by