इंतख़ाब

Hindi

Alternative forms

• इंतिख़ाब (intixāb)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪn.t̪ə.xɑːb/, [ɪ̃n̪.t̪ɐ.xäːb], /ɪn.t̪ə.kʰɑːb/, [ɪ̃n̪.t̪ɐ.kʰäːb]

Noun

इंतख़ाब • (intaxāb) m (Urdu spelling انتخاب) (rare)

1. election
2. selection, choice, pick

   Synonyms: चुनाव (cunāv), निर्वाचन (nirvācan)

Declension

Declension of इंतख़ाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इंतख़ाब intaxāb	इंतख़ाब intaxāb
oblique	इंतख़ाब intaxāb	इंतख़ाबों intaxābõ
vocative	इंतख़ाब intaxāb	इंतख़ाबो intaxābo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इंतखा़ब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press