فرصت

See also: فرضت and قرضت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فُرْصَة (furṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fuɾˈsɒt], [fɯɾˈsɒt]

Noun

فرصت • (fursat, fırsat)

1. opportunity, chance, occasion

Descendants

• Turkish: fırsat
• → Serbo-Croatian: фу̀рса̄т, fùrsāt

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فُرْصَة (furṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fuɾ.ˈsat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fʊɾ.sǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fʊɾ.sǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fʊɾ.sǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fuɾ.sǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [foɹ.sǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fuɾ.sǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	fursat
Dari reading?	fursat
Iranian reading?	forsat
Tajik reading?	fursat

Noun

Dari	فُرصَت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фурсат

فُرصَت • (forsat)

1. opportunity, chance

   Synonym: شانس (šâns)

   هزینهٔ فرصت ― hazine-ye forsat ― opportunity cost

2. leisure, spare time

   Synonym: آنتراک (ântrâk)

3. (law) probation

Derived terms

adjectives

• فرصت جو (forsat-ju)
• فرصت طلب (forsat-talab)
• فرصت یاب (forsat-yâb)
• کم فرصت (kam-forsat)

 

verbs

• فرصت دادن (forsat dâdan)
• فرصت شمردن (forsat šomordan)
• فرصت کردن (forsat kardan)

 

Descendants

• → Bashkir: форсат (forsat)
• → Bengali: ফুরসত (furśot)
• → Gujarati: ફુરસદ (phursad)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: फ़ुर्सत (fursat)

  Urdu: فرصت (fursat)

• → Kannada: ಪುರುಸತ್ತು (purusattu)
• → Kazakh: мұрсат (mūrsat)
• → Uyghur: پۇرسەت (purset)
• → Uzbek: fursat

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فرصت (fursat), from Arabic فُرْصَة (furṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fʊɾ.sət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

فرصت • (fursat) f (Hindi spelling फ़ुर्सत)

1. opportunity, occasion, chance
2. leisure, respite, spare time