اصطلاح

Arabic

Root
ص ل ح (ṣ l ḥ)
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˤ.tˤi.laːħ/

Noun

اِصْطِلَاح • (iṣṭilāḥ) m (plural اِصْطِلَاحَات (iṣṭilāḥāt))

1. verbal noun of اِصْطَلَحَ (iṣṭalaḥa) (form VIII)
2. term
3. agreement, convention
4. usage

Declension

Declension of noun اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِصْطِلَاح iṣṭilāḥ	الِاصْطِلَاح al-iṣṭilāḥ	اِصْطِلَاح iṣṭilāḥ
Nominative	اِصْطِلَاحٌ iṣṭilāḥun	الِاصْطِلَاحُ al-iṣṭilāḥu	اِصْطِلَاحُ iṣṭilāḥu
Accusative	اِصْطِلَاحًا iṣṭilāḥan	الِاصْطِلَاحَ al-iṣṭilāḥa	اِصْطِلَاحَ iṣṭilāḥa
Genitive	اِصْطِلَاحٍ iṣṭilāḥin	الِاصْطِلَاحِ al-iṣṭilāḥi	اِصْطِلَاحِ iṣṭilāḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِصْطِلَاحَيْن iṣṭilāḥayn	الِاصْطِلَاحَيْن al-iṣṭilāḥayn	اِصْطِلَاحَيْ iṣṭilāḥay
Nominative	اِصْطِلَاحَانِ iṣṭilāḥāni	الِاصْطِلَاحَانِ al-iṣṭilāḥāni	اِصْطِلَاحَا iṣṭilāḥā
Accusative	اِصْطِلَاحَيْنِ iṣṭilāḥayni	الِاصْطِلَاحَيْنِ al-iṣṭilāḥayni	اِصْطِلَاحَيْ iṣṭilāḥay
Genitive	اِصْطِلَاحَيْنِ iṣṭilāḥayni	الِاصْطِلَاحَيْنِ al-iṣṭilāḥayni	اِصْطِلَاحَيْ iṣṭilāḥay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِصْطِلَاحَات iṣṭilāḥāt	الِاصْطِلَاحَات al-iṣṭilāḥāt	اِصْطِلَاحَات iṣṭilāḥāt
Nominative	اِصْطِلَاحَاتٌ iṣṭilāḥātun	الِاصْطِلَاحَاتُ al-iṣṭilāḥātu	اِصْطِلَاحَاتُ iṣṭilāḥātu
Accusative	اِصْطِلَاحَاتٍ iṣṭilāḥātin	الِاصْطِلَاحَاتِ al-iṣṭilāḥāti	اِصْطِلَاحَاتِ iṣṭilāḥāti
Genitive	اِصْطِلَاحَاتٍ iṣṭilāḥātin	الِاصْطِلَاحَاتِ al-iṣṭilāḥāti	اِصْطِلَاحَاتِ iṣṭilāḥāti

Derived terms

• لَا مُشَاحَّةَ فِي ٱلِٱصْطِلَاحِ (lā mušāḥḥata fī l-iṣṭilāḥi, proverb)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: istilah
• → Classical Persian: اِصْطِلَاح (istilāh)
  • Iranian Persian: اِصْطِلاح (estelâh)
  • Tajik: истилоҳ (istiloh)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इस्तिलाह (istilāh)

    Urdu: اِصْطِلاح (istilāh)

  • → Malay: istilah
    • Indonesian: istilah
  • → Uzbek: istiloh
• → Swahili: istilahi
• → Ottoman Turkish: اصطلاح (ıstılah)
  • Turkish: ıstılah

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صلح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.lɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.lɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.lɔ́ː]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	istilāh
Dari reading?	istilāh
Iranian reading?	estelâh
Tajik reading?	istiloh

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	اصطلاح
Iranian Persian
Tajik	истилоҳ

اصطلاح • (estelâh) (plural اصطلاحات (estelâhât))

1. technical term; jargon

   اصطلاحات بیمه ― estelâhât-e bime ― insurance jargon

   اصطلاحات پزشکی ― estelâhât-e pezeški ― medical terminology

2. idiom; idiomatic phrase

   اصطلاحات انگلیسی ― estelâhât-e engelisi ― English idioms

Descendants

• Iranian Persian: اِصْطِلاح (estelâh)
• Tajik: истилоҳ (istiloh)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इस्तिलाह (istilāh)

  Urdu: اِصْطِلاح (istilāh)

• → Malay: istilah
  • Indonesian: istilah
• → Uzbek: istiloh

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِصْطِلَاح (istilāh), from Arabic اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.t̪ɪ.lɑːɦ/

Noun

اصطلاح • (istilāh) f (Hindi spelling इस्तिलाह)

1. idiom, term, vocable