اعتبار

Arabic

Root
ع ب ر (ʕ-b-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʕ.ti.baːr/

Noun

اِعْتِبَار • (iʕtibār) m (plural اِعْتِبَارَات (iʕtibārāt))

1. verbal noun of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara) (form VIII)
2. regard, respect

   اِعْتِبَارًا لِ/بِ... ― iʕtibāran li/bi... ― with respect to...

   بِ/عَلَى ٱعْتِبَارِ أَنْ... ― bi/ʕalā ʕtibāri ʔan... ― considering that...

Declension

Declension of noun اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِعْتِبَار iʕtibār	الِاعْتِبَار al-iʕtibār	اِعْتِبَار iʕtibār
Nominative	اِعْتِبَارٌ iʕtibārun	الِاعْتِبَارُ al-iʕtibāru	اِعْتِبَارُ iʕtibāru
Accusative	اِعْتِبَارًا iʕtibāran	الِاعْتِبَارَ al-iʕtibāra	اِعْتِبَارَ iʕtibāra
Genitive	اِعْتِبَارٍ iʕtibārin	الِاعْتِبَارِ al-iʕtibāri	اِعْتِبَارِ iʕtibāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِعْتِبَارَيْن iʕtibārayn	الِاعْتِبَارَيْن al-iʕtibārayn	اِعْتِبَارَيْ iʕtibāray
Nominative	اِعْتِبَارَانِ iʕtibārāni	الِاعْتِبَارَانِ al-iʕtibārāni	اِعْتِبَارَا iʕtibārā
Accusative	اِعْتِبَارَيْنِ iʕtibārayni	الِاعْتِبَارَيْنِ al-iʕtibārayni	اِعْتِبَارَيْ iʕtibāray
Genitive	اِعْتِبَارَيْنِ iʕtibārayni	الِاعْتِبَارَيْنِ al-iʕtibārayni	اِعْتِبَارَيْ iʕtibāray
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِعْتِبَارَات iʕtibārāt	الِاعْتِبَارَات al-iʕtibārāt	اِعْتِبَارَات iʕtibārāt
Nominative	اِعْتِبَارَاتٌ iʕtibārātun	الِاعْتِبَارَاتُ al-iʕtibārātu	اِعْتِبَارَاتُ iʕtibārātu
Accusative	اِعْتِبَارَاتٍ iʕtibārātin	الِاعْتِبَارَاتِ al-iʕtibārāti	اِعْتِبَارَاتِ iʕtibārāti
Genitive	اِعْتِبَارَاتٍ iʕtibārātin	الِاعْتِبَارَاتِ al-iʕtibārāti	اِعْتِبَارَاتِ iʕtibārāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: etibar
• → Bashkir: иғтибар (iğtibar)
• → Malay:
  • Indonesian: iktibar
• → Ottoman Turkish: اعتبار
  • Turkish: itibar
• → Persian: اِعتِبار (e'tebâr)
  • → Hindustani:
    • → Hindi: एतबार (etbār), ऐतबार (aitbār)
    • → Urdu: اعتبار (iʻtibār)
• → Uyghur: ئەتىۋار (etiwar), ئېتىۋار (ëtiwar)
• → Uzbek: eʼtibor

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiʔ.ti.ˈβɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.t̪ʰi.bɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʔ.t̪ʰe.bɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʔ.t̪ʰi.bɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	i'tiḇār
Dari reading?	e'tibār
Iranian reading?	e'tebâr
Tajik reading?	eʾtibor

• Rhymes: -âr

Noun

Dari	اعتبار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	эътибор

اعتبار • (e'tebâr)

1. confidence; trust
   • 1705, Guru Gobind Singh, “verse 15”, in ظفرنامه [Zafarnama]:

     کسی قول قرآن کند اعتبار
     همان روز آخر شود مردخوار

     kasē qawl-i qur'ān kunad i'tibār
     hamān rōz-i āxar šawad mard-i xwār

     Whoever puts stock in a vow [made] on the Qur'an
     Will be a wretched man on the final day.

     (Classical romanization)

2. validity, credibility; reliability
3. credit

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: एतबार (etbār), ऐतबार (aitbār)
  • → Urdu: اعتبار (iʻtibār)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اعتبار (i'tibâr), from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪʕ.t̪ɪ.bɑːɾ/
• (common) IPA^(key): [e.(ʔ)t̪ɪ.bɑːɾ], [eː.t̪e.bɑːɾ], [eːt̪.bɑːɾ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: اِعْ‧تِ‧بار

Noun

اِعْتِبار • (iʻtibār) m (Hindi spelling एतबार)

1. trust, confidence
2. credibility
3. reliability
4. honesty, rightfulness

Declension

Declension of اعتبار
	singular	plural
direct	اعتبار (iʻtibār)	اعتبار (iʻtibār)
oblique	اعتبار (iʻtibār)	اعتباروں (iʻtibārō̃)
vocative	اعتبار (iʻtibār)	اعتبارو (iʻtibārō)

Further reading

• “اعتبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اعتبار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اعتبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “اعتبار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.