اقتباس

Arabic

Root
ق ب س (q b s)
4 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِقْتَبَسَ (iqtabasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iq.ti.baːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

اِقْتِبَاس • (iqtibās) m

1. verbal noun of اِقْتَبَسَ (iqtabasa) (form VIII)
2. adaptation (of a literary work, a work of fiction)
3. quoting, citing

Declension

Declension of noun اِقْتِبَاس (iqtibās)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِقْتِبَاس iqtibās	الِاقْتِبَاس al-iqtibās	اِقْتِبَاس iqtibās
Nominative	اِقْتِبَاسٌ iqtibāsun	الِاقْتِبَاسُ al-iqtibāsu	اِقْتِبَاسُ iqtibāsu
Accusative	اِقْتِبَاسًا iqtibāsan	الِاقْتِبَاسَ al-iqtibāsa	اِقْتِبَاسَ iqtibāsa
Genitive	اِقْتِبَاسٍ iqtibāsin	الِاقْتِبَاسِ al-iqtibāsi	اِقْتِبَاسِ iqtibāsi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: iqtibas
• → Kurdish: îqtibas
• → Persian: اقتباس (eqtebâs)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اقتباس (iktibâs)
  • Turkish: iktibas
• → Uzbek: iqtibos

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِقْتِبَاس (iqtibās), verbal noun of اِقْتَبَسَ (iqtabasa).

Noun

اقتباس • (iktibas)

1. borrowing, extracting (knowledge), taking advantage of
2. quoting
3. adapting (a literary work)

Related terms

• اقتباساً (iktibasen)

Descendants

• Turkish: iktibas

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اقتباس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 122b
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “iktibas”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِقْتِبَاس (iqtibās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiq.ti.ˈβɑːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪq.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪq.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪq.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiq.t̪ʰi.bɔ́ːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔex.t̪ʰe.bɒ́ːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiq.t̪ʰi.bɔ́s]

Readings
Classical reading?	iqtiḇās
Dari reading?	iqtibās
Iranian reading?	eğtebâs
Tajik reading?	iqtibos

Noun

اقتباس • (eqtebâs)

1. adaptation (of a literary work, a work of fiction)
2. quoting, citing
3. extracting, acquiring (knowledge)

Derived terms

• اقتباس کردن (eqtebâs kardan)

 

Further reading

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