انتصاب

Arabic

Root
ن ص ب (n-ṣ-b)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْتَصَبَ (intaṣaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.ti.sˤaːb/

Noun

اِنْتِصَاب • (intiṣāb) m

1. verbal noun of اِنْتَصَبَ (intaṣaba) (form VIII)
2. being upright, standing upright
3. (physiology) erection

Declension

Declension of noun اِنْتِصَاب (intiṣāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِنْتِصَاب intiṣāb	الِانْتِصَاب al-intiṣāb	اِنْتِصَاب intiṣāb
Nominative	اِنْتِصَابٌ intiṣābun	الِانْتِصَابُ al-intiṣābu	اِنْتِصَابُ intiṣābu
Accusative	اِنْتِصَابًا intiṣāban	الِانْتِصَابَ al-intiṣāba	اِنْتِصَابَ intiṣāba
Genitive	اِنْتِصَابٍ intiṣābin	الِانْتِصَابِ al-intiṣābi	اِنْتِصَابِ intiṣābi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: intisab
• → Persian: انتصاب
• → Ottoman Turkish: انتصاب (intisab)
• → Tajik: интисоб (intisob)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِصَاب (intiṣāb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔin.ti.ˈsɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.sɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.sɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.sɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.sɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔen̪.t̪ʰe.sɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.sɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	intisāḇ
Dari reading?	intisāb
Iranian reading?	entesâb
Tajik reading?	intisob

Noun

Dari	انتصاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	интисоб

انتصاب • (entesâb) (plural انتصابات (entesâbât))

1. appointment (to a post); designation

   Synonym: تعیین (ta'yin)

   انتصاب سفیر جدید ایران در مالزی

   entesâb-e safir-e jadid-e irân dar mâlezi

   appointment of a new Iranian ambassador in Malaysia

Derived terms

• انتصاب کردن (entesâb kardan, “to appoint”)