مطلق العنان
Persian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]مطلق العنان • (motlaq-ol'enân)
- Alternative form of مطلقالعنان
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian مطلق العنان (mutlaq-ul'inān, “absolute, authoritarian”), from Arabic مُطْلَق (muṭlaq) (“absolute, unrestrained”) + Arabic العِنَان (al-ʕinān) (“control, rein”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊt̪.lə.qʊl.ə.nɑːn/, /mʊt̪.ləq.ʊl.ɪ.nɑːn/
Adjective
[edit]مطلق العنان • (mutlaqul-'anān, mutlaq-ul-'inān) (Hindi spelling मुतलक़-उल-इनान)
- absolute, totalitarian
- مطلق العنان بادشاہ ― absolute monarch
- autocratic
- despotic, tyrannical
Derived terms
[edit]- مطلق العنانی (mutlaqul-'anānī)