استقامت
Arabic edit
Verb edit
اِسْتَقَامَتْ • (istaqāmat) (form X)
- third-person feminine singular past active of اِسْتَقَامَ (istaqāma)
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- استقامه (istikame)
Etymology edit
From Arabic اِسْتِقَامَة (istiqāma).
Noun edit
استقامت • (istikamet)
- direction, alignment
- integrity, rectitude
Descendants edit
- Turkish: istikamet
References edit
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “istikamet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “استقامت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 83b
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِقَامَة (istiqāma).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔis.ti.qɑː.ˈmat]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰe.ʁɒː.mǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.qɔ.mǽt̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | istiqāmat |
Dari reading? | istiqāmat |
Iranian reading? | esteğâmat |
Tajik reading? | istiqomat |
Noun edit
استقامت • (esteqâmat)
- rectitude; uprightness; constant fidelity
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 333:
- خشم و شهوت مرد را احول کند
ز استقامت روح را مبدل کند- xišm u šahwat mard rā ahwal kunad
z-istiqāmat rūh rā mubdal kunad - Anger and lust make a man squint-eyed, they change the spirit from rectitude.
- xišm u šahwat mard rā ahwal kunad
Descendants edit
- → Hindustani: isteqāmat
- Hindi: इस्तिक़ामत
- Urdu: استقامت
- → Ushojo: استقامت (isteqāmat)
Urdu edit
Noun edit
استقامت • (isteqāmat) f (Hindi spelling इस्तिक़ामत)
Descendants edit
- → Ushojo: استقامت (isteqāmat)
Ushojo edit
Etymology edit
From Urdu استقامت (isteqāmat).
Noun edit
استقامت (isteqāmat)