امتحان

Arabic

Root
م ح ن (m ḥ n)
3 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /im.ti.ħaːn/
Audio: (file)

Noun

اِمْتِحَان • (imtiḥān) m (plural اِمْتِحَانَات (imtiḥānāt))

verbal noun of اِمْتَحَنَ (imtaḥana) (form VIII)
examination
أُجْرِيَتْ امْتِحَانًاً صَعْبًاً الْيَوْمَ وَآمُلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ النَّتِيجَةُ جَيِّدَةً.
I took a difficult exam today, and I hope the result will be good.
test

Declension

Declension of noun اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِمْتِحَان imtiḥān	الِامْتِحَان al-imtiḥān	اِمْتِحَان imtiḥān
Nominative	اِمْتِحَانٌ imtiḥānun	الِامْتِحَانُ al-imtiḥānu	اِمْتِحَانُ imtiḥānu
Accusative	اِمْتِحَانًا imtiḥānan	الِامْتِحَانَ al-imtiḥāna	اِمْتِحَانَ imtiḥāna
Genitive	اِمْتِحَانٍ imtiḥānin	الِامْتِحَانِ al-imtiḥāni	اِمْتِحَانِ imtiḥāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِمْتِحَانَيْن imtiḥānayn	الِامْتِحَانَيْن al-imtiḥānayn	اِمْتِحَانَيْ imtiḥānay
Nominative	اِمْتِحَانَانِ imtiḥānāni	الِامْتِحَانَانِ al-imtiḥānāni	اِمْتِحَانَا imtiḥānā
Accusative	اِمْتِحَانَيْنِ imtiḥānayni	الِامْتِحَانَيْنِ al-imtiḥānayni	اِمْتِحَانَيْ imtiḥānay
Genitive	اِمْتِحَانَيْنِ imtiḥānayni	الِامْتِحَانَيْنِ al-imtiḥānayni	اِمْتِحَانَيْ imtiḥānay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِمْتِحَانَات imtiḥānāt	الِامْتِحَانَات al-imtiḥānāt	اِمْتِحَانَات imtiḥānāt
Nominative	اِمْتِحَانَاتٌ imtiḥānātun	الِامْتِحَانَاتُ al-imtiḥānātu	اِمْتِحَانَاتُ imtiḥānātu
Accusative	اِمْتِحَانَاتٍ imtiḥānātin	الِامْتِحَانَاتِ al-imtiḥānāti	اِمْتِحَانَاتِ imtiḥānāti
Genitive	اِمْتِحَانَاتٍ imtiḥānātin	الِامْتِحَانَاتِ al-imtiḥānāti	اِمْتِحَانَاتِ imtiḥānāti

Descendants

→ Indonesian: imtihan
→ Northern Kurdish: îmtîhan
→ Persian: اِمْتِحان (emtehân)
- → Azerbaijani: imtahan
- → Bashkir: имтихан (imtixan)
- → Bengali: ইমতেহান (imtehan)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: इम्तिहान (imtihān)
  Urdu: اِمْتِحان (imtihān)
  → Phalura: imtihaán
  Sindhi: امتحان/इंटेहन (emtahaañ)
- → Kazakh: емтихан (emtixan)
- → Uzbek: imtihon
→ Swahili: mtihani
→ Ottoman Turkish: امتحان (imtihân)
- → Turkish: imtihan
→ Somali: imtixaan
→ Uyghur: ئ‍ىمتىھان (‍imtihan)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔim.ti.ˈhɑːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔim.t̪ʰi.jɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔem.t̪ʰe.ɦɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔim.t̪ʰi.ɦɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	imtihān
Dari reading^?	imtehān
Iranian reading^?	emtehân
Tajik reading^?	imtihon

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	امتحان
Dari	امتحان
Tajik	имтиҳон

اِمْتِحان • (emtehân) (plural امتحانات (emtehânât))

examination
― emtehân-e rânandegi ― driving test
trial, test

Derived terms

(emtehân kardan, “to test, to trial”)
(emtehân dâdan, “to take a test, to take an exam”)
(emtehân gereftan, “to give out a test”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: imtahan
→ Bashkir: имтихан (imtixan)
→ Bengali: ইমতেহান (imtehan)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: इम्तिहान (imtihān)

Urdu: اِمْتِحان (imtihān)
→ Phalura: imtihaán

Sindhi: امتحان/इंटेहन (emtahaañ)
→ Kazakh: емтихан (emtixan)
→ Uzbek: imtihon

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (imtihān), from Arabic اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪm.t̪ɪ.ɦɑːn/, [ɪm.t̪e.ɦɑːn]
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

اِمْتِحان • (imtiḥān) m (formal plural امتحانات, Hindi spelling इम्तिहान)

exam, test
Synonym: پرچہ (parca)
trial (difficult period)

Declension

Declension of امتحان
	singular	plural
direct	امتحان (imtiḥān)	امتحان (imtiḥān)
oblique	امتحان (imtiḥān)	امتحانوں (imtiḥānō̃)
vocative	امتحان (imtiḥān)	امتحانو (imtiḥānō)

References

“امتحان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“امتحان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu امتحان (imtihān).

Noun

امتحان (imtihān)

exam, test
trial