انحطاط

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Arabic

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Root
ح ط ط (ḥ ṭ ṭ)
7 terms

Etymology

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Verbal noun of اِنْحَطَّ (inḥaṭṭa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭm

  1. descent, decline, degradation

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Ottoman Turkish: انحطاط
    • Turkish: inhitat
  • Persian: انحطاط

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭ), verbal noun of اِنْحَطَّ (inḥaṭṭa, to descend; to decline).

Noun

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انحطاط (inhitat)

  1. descent
  2. decline, degradation

Descendants

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References

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  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “inhitat”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic اِنْحِطَاط (inḥiṭāṭ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? inhitāt
Dari reading? inhitāt
Iranian reading? enhetât
Tajik reading? inhitot

Noun

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Dari انحطاط
Iranian Persian
Tajik инҳитот

انحطاط (enhetât)

  1. decline; degeneration
    انحطاط تمدنenhetât-e tamaddondecline of civilization