استصواب

Arabic

Root
ص و ب (ṣ w b)
10 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَصْوَبَ (istaṣwaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tisˤ.waːb/
• Rhymes: -aːb

Noun

اِسْتِصْوَاب • (istiṣwāb) m

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَصْوَبَ (istaṣwaba) (form X)
   1. deeming (something) to be right and proper
   2. approving, allowing, permitting

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِصْوَاب (istiṣwāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِصْوَاب istiṣwāb	الِاسْتِصْوَاب al-istiṣwāb	اِسْتِصْوَاب istiṣwāb
Nominative	اِسْتِصْوَابٌ istiṣwābun	الِاسْتِصْوَابُ al-istiṣwābu	اِسْتِصْوَابُ istiṣwābu
Accusative	اِسْتِصْوَابًا istiṣwāban	الِاسْتِصْوَابَ al-istiṣwāba	اِسْتِصْوَابَ istiṣwāba
Genitive	اِسْتِصْوَابٍ istiṣwābin	الِاسْتِصْوَابِ al-istiṣwābi	اِسْتِصْوَابِ istiṣwābi

Descendants

• → Persian: استصواب (estesvâb)
• → Ottoman Turkish: استصواب (istisvâb)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِصْوَاب (istiṣwāb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tis.wɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪs.wɑːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪs.wɑːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪs.wɑːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰis.wɔːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰes.vɒːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰis.vɔb]

Readings
Classical reading?	istiswāḇ
Dari reading?	istiswāb
Iranian reading?	estesvâb
Tajik reading?	istisvob

Noun

استصواب • (estesvâb)

1. approval, approbation