احتياط

See also: احتیاط

Arabic

Root
ح و ط (ḥ-w-ṭ)

Noun

اِحْتِيَاط • (iḥtiyāṭ) m

1. verbal noun of اِحْتَاطَ (iḥtāṭa) (form VIII)

Declension

Declension of noun اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِحْتِيَاط iḥtiyāṭ	الِاحْتِيَاط al-iḥtiyāṭ	اِحْتِيَاط iḥtiyāṭ
Nominative	اِحْتِيَاطٌ iḥtiyāṭun	الِاحْتِيَاطُ al-iḥtiyāṭu	اِحْتِيَاطُ iḥtiyāṭu
Accusative	اِحْتِيَاطًا iḥtiyāṭan	الِاحْتِيَاطَ al-iḥtiyāṭa	اِحْتِيَاطَ iḥtiyāṭa
Genitive	اِحْتِيَاطٍ iḥtiyāṭin	الِاحْتِيَاطِ al-iḥtiyāṭi	اِحْتِيَاطِ iḥtiyāṭi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ehtiyat
• → Ottoman Turkish: احتیات (ihtiyat)

  > Turkish: ihtiyat (inherited)

• → Persian: احتیاط (ehtiyât)
• → South Levantine Arabic: احتياط (iḥtiyāṭ) (learned)
• → Urdu: احتياط (ihtiyāt)
• → Uyghur: ئېھتىيات (ëhtiyat)
• → Uzbek: ehtiyot

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iħ.ti.jaːtˤ/, [ɪħ.tˤɪˈjɑːtˤ]

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Noun

احتياط • (iḥtiyāṭ) m (plural احتياطات (iḥtiyāṭāt))

1. precaution

   خلّينا نعمل نسخة تانية للاحتياط.

   ḵallīna niʕmil nusḵa tānye lil-iḥtiyāṭ

   Let's make a second copy just in case (lit. for the precaution).

   ماما أخدت احتياطها وعملت أكل زيادة بحالة إنّه إجو ناس أكتر.

   māmā ʔaḵdat iḥtiyāṭha w-ʕimlat ʔakl zyāde bi-ḥāle ʔinno ʔiju nās aktar

   Mom took precautions and made extra food in case more people come.

Urdu

Noun

احتياط • (ihtiyāt) f

1. prudence
2. precaution, care, caution, wariness