صلاحیت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic صَلَاحِيَّة (ṣalāḥiyya). Compare Persian صلاحیت (salâhiyyat, “authority”).

Noun

صلاحیت • (salahiyet)

1. power, authority, right
2. competence, skill, capacity

Descendants

• Turkish: salahiyet

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صلاحیت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 664
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “salahiyet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَلَاحِيَّة (ṣalāḥiyya). By surface analysis, صلاح (salâh) +‎ ـیت (-iyyat).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.lɑː.hij.ˈjat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑː.ɦi.jǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑː.ɦi.jǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑː.ji.jǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.lɔː.ji.jǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.lɒː.ɦij.jǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɔ.ɦi.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	salāhiyyat
Dari reading?	salāhiyat
Iranian reading?	salâhiyyat
Tajik reading?	salohiyat

Noun

Dari	صلاحیت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	салоҳият

صلاحیت • (salâhiyyat)

1. competence; qualification; rectitude
2. probity; rectitude

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَلَاحِیَّت (salāhiyyat), from Arabic صَلَاحِيَّة (ṣalāḥiyya). By surface analysis, صَلاح (salāh) +‎ ـِیَت (-iyat).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.lɑː.ɦɪ.jət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: صَ‧لا‧حِ‧یَت

Noun

صَلاحِیَّت • (salāhiyyat) f (Hindi spelling सलाहियत)

1. capability; capacity (to do or carry out something)
2. a good characteristic (of someone or something)
3. gentleness
4. a daily logbook of accounts and passengers, by the police

Declension

Declension of صلاحیت

	singular	plural
direct	صَلاحِیَّت (salāhiyyat)	صَلاحِیَّتیں (salāhiyyatẽ)
oblique	صَلاحِیَّت (salāhiyyat)	صَلاحِیَّتوں (salāhiyyatõ)
vocative	صَلاحِیَّت (salāhiyyat)	صَلاحِیَّتو (salāhiyyato)

Further reading

• “صلاحیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “صلاحیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “صلاحيت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.