اکثریت

See also: اكثریت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَكْثَرِيَّة (ʔakṯariyya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔak.sa.ɾi.jat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔækʲ.sæ.ɹi.jæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäk.sä.ɾi.jät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	aksariyat
Dari reading?	aksariyat
Iranian reading?	aksariyat
Tajik reading?	aksariyat

Noun

Dari	اکثریت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	аксарият

اکثریت • (aksariyat) (plural اکثریت‌ها (aksariyat-hâ))

1. majority

   اکثریت ایرانیان مسلمان هستند. (more literary)

   aksariyat-e irâniyân musulmân hastand

   اکثریت ایرانیان مسلمانند. (more colloquial)

   aksariyat-e irâniyân musulmânand.

   The majority of Iranians are Muslims.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَکْثَرِیَت (aksariyat), from Arabic أَكْثَرِيَّة (ʔakṯariyya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ək.sə.ɾɪ.jət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: اَک‧ثَ‧رِ‧یَت

Noun

اَکْثَرِیَّت • (aksariyyat) f (Hindi spelling अक्सरिय्यत)

1. majority

   Antonym: اَقَلِّیَت (aqalliyat)

Declension

Declension of اکثریت
	singular	plural
direct	اَکْثَرِیَت (aksariyat)	اَکْثَرِیَتیں (aksariyatẽ)
oblique	اَکْثَرِیَت (aksariyat)	اَکْثَرِیَتوں (aksariyatõ)
vocative	اَکْثَرِیَت (aksariyat)	اَکْثَرِیَتو (aksariyato)

Further reading

• “اکثریت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اکثریت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.