انقلاب

Arabic

Root
ق ل ب (q l b)
13 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْقَلَبَ (inqalaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.qi.laːb/
• Rhymes: -aːb

Noun

اِنْقِلَاب • (inqilāb) m (plural اِنْقِلَابَات (inqilābāt))

1. (uncountable) verbal noun of اِنْقَلَبَ (inqalaba) (form VII)
2. coup d'état
3. revolution
4. solstice

Declension

Declension of noun اِنْقِلَاب (inqilāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِنْقِلَاب inqilāb	الِانْقِلَاب al-inqilāb	اِنْقِلَاب inqilāb
Nominative	اِنْقِلَابٌ inqilābun	الِانْقِلَابُ al-inqilābu	اِنْقِلَابُ inqilābu
Accusative	اِنْقِلَابًا inqilāban	الِانْقِلَابَ al-inqilāba	اِنْقِلَابَ inqilāba
Genitive	اِنْقِلَابٍ inqilābin	الِانْقِلَابِ al-inqilābi	اِنْقِلَابِ inqilābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِنْقِلَابَيْن inqilābayn	الِانْقِلَابَيْن al-inqilābayn	اِنْقِلَابَيْ inqilābay
Nominative	اِنْقِلَابَانِ inqilābāni	الِانْقِلَابَانِ al-inqilābāni	اِنْقِلَابَا inqilābā
Accusative	اِنْقِلَابَيْنِ inqilābayni	الِانْقِلَابَيْنِ al-inqilābayni	اِنْقِلَابَيْ inqilābay
Genitive	اِنْقِلَابَيْنِ inqilābayni	الِانْقِلَابَيْنِ al-inqilābayni	اِنْقِلَابَيْ inqilābay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِنْقِلَابَات inqilābāt	الِانْقِلَابَات al-inqilābāt	اِنْقِلَابَات inqilābāt
Nominative	اِنْقِلَابَاتٌ inqilābātun	الِانْقِلَابَاتُ al-inqilābātu	اِنْقِلَابَاتُ inqilābātu
Accusative	اِنْقِلَابَاتٍ inqilābātin	الِانْقِلَابَاتِ al-inqilābāti	اِنْقِلَابَاتِ inqilābāti
Genitive	اِنْقِلَابَاتٍ inqilābātin	الِانْقِلَابَاتِ al-inqilābāti	اِنْقِلَابَاتِ inqilābāti

Derived terms

• اِنْقِلَابِيّ (inqilābiyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: inqilab
• → Chagatai: انقلاب
  • Uyghur: ئېنقىلاب (ënqilab)
  • Uzbek: inqilob
• → Ottoman Turkish: انقلاب (inḳılâb)
  • Turkish: inkılap
  • Crimean Tatar: inqilâp
• → Classical Persian: اِنْقِلَاب (inqilāb)
  • Dari: اِنْقِلَاب (inqilāb)
  • Iranian Persian: اِنْقِلَاب (enğelâb)
  • Tajik: инқилоб (inqilob)
  • → Bengali: ইনকিলাব (inkilab)
  • → Gujarati: ઈંકલાબ (ī̃kalāb), ઇન્કલાબ (inkalāb)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इंक़लाब (inqalāb), इन्क़लाब (inqalāb), इन्कलाब (inkalāb), इंकलाब (iṅklāb), इंकिलाब (iṅkilāb), इंक़िलाब (iṅqilāb), इन्किलाब (inkilāb), इन्क़िलाब (inqilāb)

    Urdu: اِنْقَلَاب (inqalāb)

  • → Punjabi: اِنْقِلاب (īnqilāb)
  • → Pashto: انقلاب
• → Tatar: инкыйлаб (inkıylab)
• → Turkmen: ynkylap

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ل ب
6 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic اِنْقِلَاب (inqilāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.ɡi.laːb/, [ɪŋ.ɡɪ.ˈlaːb], [ɪŋ.qɪ.ˈlaːb]

Noun

اِنْقِلاب • (ingilāb) m (plural اِنْقِلابات (ingilābāt))

1. coup d'état
2. revolution

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْقِلَاب (inqilāb).

Noun

انقلاب • (inḳılâb)

1. a being turned back or around; reversion; inversion; diversion
2. a changing; change; revolution
3. (archaic) radical

Descendants

• Turkish: inkılap
• Crimean Tatar: inqilâp

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “انقلاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 227

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْقِلَاب (inqilāb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔin.qi.lɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɴ.qɪ.lɑːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɴ.qɪ.lɑːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪɴ.qɪ.lɑːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiɴ.qi.lɔːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɴ.ɢe.lɒːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiɴ.qi.lɔb]

Readings
Classical reading?	inqilāḇ
Dari reading?	inqilāb
Iranian reading?	enğelâb
Tajik reading?	inqilob

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	انقلاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	инқилоб

انقلاب • (enqelâb) (plural انقلابات (enqelâbât) or انقلاب‌ها (enqelâb-hâ))

1. change
2. revolution

   Synonym: رولوسیون (revolusyon)

   انقلاب اسلامی ― enqelâb-e eslâmi ― the Islamic revolution of 1979, i.e. the Iranian Revolution

   قبل از انقلاب ― qabl az enqelâb ― before the revolution

   پس از انقلاب ― pas az enqelâb ― after the revolution

Derived terms

• انقلابی (enqelâbi)

Descendants

• Dari: اِنْقِلَاب (inqilāb)
• Iranian Persian: اِنْقِلَاب (enğelâb)
• Tajik: инқилоб (inqilob)
• → Bengali: ইনকিলাব (inkilab)
• → Gujarati: ઈંકલાબ (ī̃kalāb), ઇન્કલાબ (inkalāb)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इंक़लाब (inqalāb), इन्क़लाब (inqalāb), इन्कलाब (inkalāb), इंकलाब (iṅklāb), इंकिलाब (iṅkilāb), इंक़िलाब (iṅqilāb), इन्किलाब (inkilāb), इन्क़िलाब (inqilāb)

  Urdu: اِنْقَلَاب (inqalāb)

• → Punjabi: اِنْقِلاب (īnqilāb)
• → Pashto: انقلاب

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْقِلَاب (inqilāb), from Arabic اِنْقِلَاب (inqilāb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪn.qɪ.lɑːb/, /ɪn.qə.lɑːb/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

اِنْقِلاب or اِنْقَلاب • (inqilāb or inqalāb) m (formal plural انقلابات, Hindi spelling इंक़लाब or इंक़िलाब)

1. revolution
2. coup d'état

Declension

Declension of انقلاب

	singular	plural
direct	انقلاب (inqilāb)	انقلاب (inqilāb)
oblique	انقلاب (inqilāb)	انقلابوں (inqilābõ)
vocative	انقلاب (inqilāb)	انقلابو (inqilābo)

References

• “انقلاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “انقلاب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.