استفتاء

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَفْتَى (istaftā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.tif.taːʔ/
• Rhymes: -aːʔ

Noun

اِسْتِفْتَاء • (istiftāʔ) m (plural اِسْتِفْتاءات)

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَفْتَى (istaftā) (form X)
2. referendum

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِفْتَاء (istiftāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِفْتَاء istiftāʔ	الِاسْتِفْتَاء al-istiftāʔ	اِسْتِفْتَاء istiftāʔ
Nominative	اِسْتِفْتَاءٌ istiftāʔun	الِاسْتِفْتَاءُ al-istiftāʔu	اِسْتِفْتَاءُ istiftāʔu
Accusative	اِسْتِفْتَاءً istiftāʔan	الِاسْتِفْتَاءَ al-istiftāʔa	اِسْتِفْتَاءَ istiftāʔa
Genitive	اِسْتِفْتَاءٍ istiftāʔin	الِاسْتِفْتَاءِ al-istiftāʔi	اِسْتِفْتَاءِ istiftāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِفْتَاءَيْن istiftāʔayn	الِاسْتِفْتَاءَيْن al-istiftāʔayn	اِسْتِفْتَاءَيْ istiftāʔay
Nominative	اِسْتِفْتَاءَانِ istiftāʔāni	الِاسْتِفْتَاءَانِ al-istiftāʔāni	اِسْتِفْتَاءَا istiftāʔā
Accusative	اِسْتِفْتَاءَيْنِ istiftāʔayni	الِاسْتِفْتَاءَيْنِ al-istiftāʔayni	اِسْتِفْتَاءَيْ istiftāʔay
Genitive	اِسْتِفْتَاءَيْنِ istiftāʔayni	الِاسْتِفْتَاءَيْنِ al-istiftāʔayni	اِسْتِفْتَاءَيْ istiftāʔay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِفْتَاءَات istiftāʔāt	الِاسْتِفْتَاءَات al-istiftāʔāt	اِسْتِفْتَاءَات istiftāʔāt
Nominative	اِسْتِفْتَاءَاتٌ istiftāʔātun	الِاسْتِفْتَاءَاتُ al-istiftāʔātu	اِسْتِفْتَاءَاتُ istiftāʔātu
Accusative	اِسْتِفْتَاءَاتٍ istiftāʔātin	الِاسْتِفْتَاءَاتِ al-istiftāʔāti	اِسْتِفْتَاءَاتِ istiftāʔāti
Genitive	اِسْتِفْتَاءَاتٍ istiftāʔātin	الِاسْتِفْتَاءَاتِ al-istiftāʔāti	اِسْتِفْتَاءَاتِ istiftāʔāti

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic اِسْتِفْتاء (istiftāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /istifˈtaːʔ/

Noun

استفتاء • (istiftāʔ) m (plural استفتاءات (istiftāʔāt))

1. referendum

Persian

Alternative forms

• استفتا (hamza-less)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِفْتَاء (istiftāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tif.ˈtɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪf.t̪ʰɑ́ːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪf.t̪ʰɑ́ːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪf.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰif.t̪ʰɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰef.t̪ʰɒ́ːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰif.t̪ʰɔ́ʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	istiftā'
Dari reading?	istiftā'
Iranian reading?	esteftâ'
Tajik reading?	istiftoʾ

Noun

استفتاء • (esteftâ') (verbal noun)

1. asking for legal advice
2. consulting a lawyer
3. (original sense, now literary) consulting a mufti
4. (original sense, now literary) asking for a fatwa

Derived terms

• استفتاء کردن (esteftâ' kardan)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “استفتاء”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “استفتاء”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “استفتاء”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim