تعداد

See also: بغداد

Arabic

Root
ع د د (ʕ d d)
14 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of عَدَّ (ʕadda, “to count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʕ.daːd/

Noun

تَعْدَاد • (taʕdād) m

1. quantity, amount, number
2. (statistics) census

Declension

Declension of noun تَعْدَاد (taʕdād)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَعْدَاد taʕdād	التَّعْدَاد at-taʕdād	تَعْدَاد taʕdād
nominative	تَعْدَادٌ taʕdādun	التَّعْدَادُ at-taʕdādu	تَعْدَادُ taʕdādu
accusative	تَعْدَادًا taʕdādan	التَّعْدَادَ at-taʕdāda	تَعْدَادَ taʕdāda
genitive	تَعْدَادٍ taʕdādin	التَّعْدَادِ at-taʕdādi	تَعْدَادِ taʕdādi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: tədad
• → Ottoman Turkish: تعداد
  • Turkish: tadat
• → Persian: تعداد
  • → Urdu: تعداد

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَعْدَاد (taʕdād).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taʔ.ˈdaːd/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.d̪ɑːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.d̪ɑːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.d̪ɑ́ːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.d̪ɔːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪eʔd̪ɒːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪eʔd̪ɔd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ta'dād
Dari reading?	ta'dād
Iranian reading?	te'dâd
Tajik reading?	te'dod

Noun

تعداد • (te'dâd)

Dari	تعداد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	теъдод

1. number, quantity

   تعداد مسلمانان دنیا تا سال ۲۰۵۰ تقریباً برابر با تعداد مسیحیان برابر یا از آن‌ها بیشتر خواهد شد.

   te'dâd-e mosalmânân-e donyâ tâ sâl 2050 taqriban barâbar bâ te'dâd-e masihiyân barâbar yâ az ân-hâ bištar xâhad šod.

   The number of Muslims in the world by the year 2050 will become almost equal, equal, or larger than the number of Christians.

   (from the Persian Wikipedia)

2. calculation, numbering

Derived terms

• تعداد کردن (te'dâd kardan, “to number, to count”)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तादाद (tādād)

  Urdu: تعداد

See also

• شماره (šomâre, “number, numeral”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تعداد (ta'dād), from Arabic تَعْدَاد (taʕdād).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.d̪ɑːd̪/, /t̪ə.(ʔ)d̪ɑːd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd̪
• Hyphenation: تَعْ‧داد

Noun

تَعْداد • (ta'dād) f (Hindi spelling तादाद)

1. quantity, amount, number

Declension

Declension of تعداد

	singular	plural
direct	تعداد (taʻdād)	تعدادیں (taʻdādẽ)
oblique	تعداد (taʻdād)	تعدادوں (taʻdādõ)
vocative	تعداد (taʻdād)	تعدادو (taʻdādo)

References

• “تعداد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تعداد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.