تبدیل

See also: تبديل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تَبْدِيل (tabdīl).

Noun

تبدیل • (tebdil)

1. change
2. secret police

Adverb

تبدیل • (tebdil)

1. incognito

Related terms

• تبدیلاً (tebdilen)

Descendants

• Turkish: tebdil
• → Romanian: tiptil

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تبدیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 340a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tebdil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَبْدِيل (tabdīl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taβ.diːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb.d̪iːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb.d̪iːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb.d̪iːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb.d̪il̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæb.d̪iːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb.d̪il]

Readings
Classical reading?	taḇdīl
Dari reading?	tabdīl
Iranian reading?	tabdil
Tajik reading?	tabdil

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

تبدیل • (tabdil)

1. transformation, conversion

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तबदील (tabdīl), तब्दील (tabdīl)

  Urdu: تَبْدِیل (tabdīl)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تبدیل (tabdīl), from Arabic تَبْدِيل (tabdīl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪əb.d̪iːl/

Noun

تبدیل • (tabdīl) f (Hindi spelling तबदील)

1. change, replace
2. transfer

Derived terms

• تبدیلی (tabdīlī)

References

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