اصطلاح

Arabic

Root
ص ل ح (ṣ l ḥ)
20 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِصْطَلَحَ (iṣṭalaḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˤ.tˤi.laːħ/
• Rhymes: -aːħ

Noun

اِصْطِلَاح • (iṣṭilāḥ) m (plural اِصْطِلَاحَات (iṣṭilāḥāt))

1. verbal noun of اِصْطَلَحَ (iṣṭalaḥa) (form VIII)
2. a technical term, jargon, designation
3. agreement, convention
4. usage

Declension

Declension of noun اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِصْطِلَاح iṣṭilāḥ	الِاصْطِلَاح al-iṣṭilāḥ	اِصْطِلَاح iṣṭilāḥ
nominative	اِصْطِلَاحٌ iṣṭilāḥun	الِاصْطِلَاحُ al-iṣṭilāḥu	اِصْطِلَاحُ iṣṭilāḥu
accusative	اِصْطِلَاحًا iṣṭilāḥan	الِاصْطِلَاحَ al-iṣṭilāḥa	اِصْطِلَاحَ iṣṭilāḥa
genitive	اِصْطِلَاحٍ iṣṭilāḥin	الِاصْطِلَاحِ al-iṣṭilāḥi	اِصْطِلَاحِ iṣṭilāḥi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِصْطِلَاحَيْن iṣṭilāḥayn	الِاصْطِلَاحَيْن al-iṣṭilāḥayn	اِصْطِلَاحَيْ iṣṭilāḥay
nominative	اِصْطِلَاحَانِ iṣṭilāḥāni	الِاصْطِلَاحَانِ al-iṣṭilāḥāni	اِصْطِلَاحَا iṣṭilāḥā
accusative	اِصْطِلَاحَيْنِ iṣṭilāḥayni	الِاصْطِلَاحَيْنِ al-iṣṭilāḥayni	اِصْطِلَاحَيْ iṣṭilāḥay
genitive	اِصْطِلَاحَيْنِ iṣṭilāḥayni	الِاصْطِلَاحَيْنِ al-iṣṭilāḥayni	اِصْطِلَاحَيْ iṣṭilāḥay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِصْطِلَاحَات iṣṭilāḥāt	الِاصْطِلَاحَات al-iṣṭilāḥāt	اِصْطِلَاحَات iṣṭilāḥāt
nominative	اِصْطِلَاحَاتٌ iṣṭilāḥātun	الِاصْطِلَاحَاتُ al-iṣṭilāḥātu	اِصْطِلَاحَاتُ iṣṭilāḥātu
accusative	اِصْطِلَاحَاتٍ iṣṭilāḥātin	الِاصْطِلَاحَاتِ al-iṣṭilāḥāti	اِصْطِلَاحَاتِ iṣṭilāḥāti
genitive	اِصْطِلَاحَاتٍ iṣṭilāḥātin	الِاصْطِلَاحَاتِ al-iṣṭilāḥāti	اِصْطِلَاحَاتِ iṣṭilāḥāti

Derived terms

• لَا مُشَاحَّةَ فِي ٱلِٱصْطِلَاحِ (lā mušāḥḥata fī l-iṣṭilāḥi, proverb)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: istilah
• → Classical Persian: اِصْطِلَاح (istilāh)
  • Iranian Persian: اِصْطِلاح (estelâh)
  • Tajik: истилоҳ (istiloh)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इस्तिलाह (istilāh)

    Urdu: اِصْطِلاح (istilāh)

  • → Malay: istilah
    • Indonesian: istilah
  • → Uzbek: istiloh
• → Swahili: istilahi
• → Ottoman Turkish: اصطلاح (ıstılah)
  • Turkish: ıstılah

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صلح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.ti.ˈlɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.lɑ́ːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.lɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.lɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.lɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰe.lɒ́ːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.lɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	istilāh
Dari reading?	istilāh
Iranian reading?	estelâh
Tajik reading?	istiloh

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	اصطلاح
Iranian Persian
Tajik	истилоҳ

اصطلاح • (estelâh) (plural اصطلاحات (estelâhât))

1. technical term; jargon

   اصطلاحات بیمه ― estelâhât-e bime ― insurance jargon

   اصطلاحات پزشکی ― estelâhât-e pezeški ― medical terminology

2. idiom; idiomatic phrase

   اصطلاحات انگلیسی ― estelâhât-e engelisi ― English idioms

Descendants

• Iranian Persian: اِصْطِلاح (estelâh)
• Tajik: истилоҳ (istiloh)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इस्तिलाह (istilāh)

  Urdu: اِصْطِلاح (istilāh)

• → Malay: istilah
  • Indonesian: istilah
• → Uzbek: istiloh

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِصْطِلَاح (istilāh), from Arabic اِصْطِلَاح (iṣṭilāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪs.t̪ɪ.lɑːɦ/

Noun

اصطلاح • (istilāh) f (Hindi spelling इस्तिलाह)

1. idiom, term, vocable