Arabic

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Root
ن خ ب (n ḵ b)
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.ti.xaːb/
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Noun

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اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵābm (plural اِنْتِخَابَات (intiḵābāt))

  1. election

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

Noun

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انتخاب (intihab) (plural انتخابات (intihabat))

  1. election
    • 1913 October 18, “بولغارستانده انتخابات [Elections in Bulgaria]”, in Peyam, page 1:
      صوفیه ۱۲ تشرینثانی — اجراسه قریب الوقوع اولان انتخابات مناسبتیله حكومت فرقه‌سی طرفندن ترتیب ایدیلن بیوك براجتماعده رئیس وكلا موسیو (رادوسلاف) قابینه نامنه قرائت ایتمشدر.
      Sofya 12 teşrinisani — İcrası karib el-vuku olan intihabat münasebetiyle hükûmet fırkası tarafından tertib edilen büyük bir ictima'da reis Mosyo Radoslaf kabine namine kıraat etmiştir.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? intixāḇ
Dari reading? intixāb
Iranian reading? entexâb
Tajik reading? intixob

Noun

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Dari انتخاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik интихоб

اِنْتِخاب (entexâb) (plural انتخابات (entexâbât))

  1. election
    در انتخابات ترکیه کی انتخاب شده است؟ (more literary)
    dar entexâbât-e torkiye ki entexâb šode ast?
    تو انتخابات ترکیه کی انتخاب شده؟ (more colloquial)
    tu entexâbât-e torkiye ki entexâb šode?
    Who has been elected in the Turkish elections?
  2. selection
  3. option, choice

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian انتخاب (intixāb), from Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

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Noun

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اِنْتِخاب (intixābm (formal plural انتخابات, Hindi spelling इंतख़ाब)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) election
  2. selection

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