انتهاء

Arabic

Root
ن ه ي (n h y)
7 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْتَهَى (intahā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.ti.haːʔ/
• Rhymes: -aːʔ

Noun

اِنْتِهَاء • (intihāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of اِنْتَهَى (intahā) (form VIII)
2. finishing, completing

   Antonym: اِبْتِدَاء (ibtidāʔ)

Declension

Declension of noun اِنْتِهَاء (intihāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِنْتِهَاء intihāʔ	الِانْتِهَاء al-intihāʔ	اِنْتِهَاء intihāʔ
Nominative	اِنْتِهَاءٌ intihāʔun	الِانْتِهَاءُ al-intihāʔu	اِنْتِهَاءُ intihāʔu
Accusative	اِنْتِهَاءً intihāʔan	الِانْتِهَاءَ al-intihāʔa	اِنْتِهَاءَ intihāʔa
Genitive	اِنْتِهَاءٍ intihāʔin	الِانْتِهَاءِ al-intihāʔi	اِنْتِهَاءِ intihāʔi

Descendants

• → Persian: انتهاء (entehâ)
  • → Tajik: интиҳо (intiho)
• → Ottoman Turkish: انتهاء (intihâ)
• → Uzbek: intiho

Persian

Alternative forms

• انتها (unhamzated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِهَاء (intihāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔin.ti.hɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰi.jɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.jɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔen̪.t̪ʰe.ɦɒːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.ɦɔʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	intihā'
Dari reading?	intehā'
Iranian reading?	entehâ'
Tajik reading?	intihoʾ

Noun

Dari	انتها
Iranian Persian
Tajik	интиҳо, интиҳоъ

انتهاء • (entehâ) (plural انتهاها)

1. end

   Antonym: ابتداء (ebtedâ')

Inflection

Basic forms of انتهاء (entehâ', entehâ)
bare	انتها, انتهاء (entehâ', entehâ)
ezâfe	انتهاء (entehâ-e)
marked indefinite or relative definite	انتهائی (entehâ-i)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “انتهاء”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “انت‍ﮩ‍اء”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul