احتضار

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِضَار (iḥtiḍār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔih.ti.ˈzɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰɪ.zɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰɪ.zɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.t̪ʰɪ.zɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.t̪ʰi.zɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪ʰe.zɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪ʰi.zɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ihtizār
Dari reading?	ehtizār
Iranian reading?	ehtezâr
Tajik reading?	ehtizor

Noun

احتضار • (ehtezâr)

1. being on death's doorstep

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “احتضار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim