اختلاط

Arabic

Noun

اِخْتِلَاط • (iḵtilāṭ) m

1. verbal noun of اِخْتَلَطَ (iḵtalaṭa, “to be mixed, be confused”) (form VIII)
2. mixture
3. confusion
4. commerce, intercourse

Declension

Declension of noun اِخْتِلَاط (iḵtilāṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِخْتِلَاط iḵtilāṭ	الِاخْتِلَاط al-iḵtilāṭ	اِخْتِلَاط iḵtilāṭ
Nominative	اِخْتِلَاطٌ iḵtilāṭun	الِاخْتِلَاطُ al-iḵtilāṭu	اِخْتِلَاطُ iḵtilāṭu
Accusative	اِخْتِلَاطًا iḵtilāṭan	الِاخْتِلَاطَ al-iḵtilāṭa	اِخْتِلَاطَ iḵtilāṭa
Genitive	اِخْتِلَاطٍ iḵtilāṭin	الِاخْتِلَاطِ al-iḵtilāṭi	اِخْتِلَاطِ iḵtilāṭi

References

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِخْتِلَاط (iḵtilāṭ, “mixture”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔix.ti.lɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰɪ.lɑːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰɪ.lɑːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰɪ.lɑːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔix.t̪ʰi.lɔːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔex.t̪ʰe.lɒːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiχ.t̪ʰi.lɔt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ixtilāt
Dari reading?	ixtilāt
Iranian reading?	extelât
Tajik reading?	ixtilot

Dari	اختلاط
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ихтилот

Noun

اختلاط • (extelât)

1. mixture, intermingling
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 14:

     چون در او گامی زنی بی‏احتیاط
     شیر تو خون می‏شود از اختلاط

     čōn dar ō gām-ē zanī bē-itiyāt
     šēr-i naw xūn mē-šawad az ixtilāt

     When you take one step in it (the world) without precaution,
     your milk will be turned to blood through commixture.

2. association, intercourse

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اختلاط (ixtilāt, “mixture”)

Noun

اختلاط • (ixtilāt) m (Hindi spelling इख़्तिलात)

1. intercourse, mixture