اصرار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِصْرَار (ʔiṣrār, “persistence”).

Noun

اصرار • (ısrar)

1. obstinacy, stubbornness, insistence, persistence, the state of being stubborn

   Synonyms: تمرد (temerrüd), عناد (inat)

Descendants

• Turkish: ısrar

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ısrar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2058
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “ısrâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 474
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اصرار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 100
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Perseverantia”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1285
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اصرار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 253
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اصرار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 127

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِصْرَار (ʔiṣrār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.ˈɾɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.ɾɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.ɾɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.ɾɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.ɾɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.ɹɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.ɾɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	isrār
Dari reading?	isrār
Iranian reading?	esrâr
Tajik reading?	isror

Noun

اصرار • (esrâr)

1. insistence; urging
2. insistence; persistence
   • 2024 March 25, “حماس: اصرار نتانیاهو برای حمله به رفح به چالش کشیدن هشدارهای جهانی است”, in irna.ir‎^[6], Islamic Republic News Agency:

     حماس در بیانیه‌ای با اشاره به اصرار نخست وزیر رژیم صهیونیستی برای حمله به غزه، این روند را به مثابه به چالش طلبیدن جامعه جهانی دانست.

     hamâs dar bayâniye'i bâ ešâre be esrâr-e noxost vazir-e režim-e sahyunisti barâ-ye hamle be ğazze, in ravand râ be masâbe be čâleš talabidan-e jâme'e-ye jahâni dânest.

     In a statement referring to the Zionist regime's prime minister's insistence on an attack on Gaza, Hamas called this conduct an attempt to challenge the global community.

Derived terms

• اصرار کردن (esrâr kardan)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِصْرَار (ʔiṣrār).

Noun

اصرار • (isrār) m (Hindi spelling इसरार)

1. insistence, obduracy, obstinacy, persistence