اختياري

See also: اختیاری

Arabic

Root
خ ي ر (ḵ-y-r)

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of اِخْتِيَار (iḵtiyār) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root خ ي ر (ḵ-y-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ix.ti.jaː.rijj/

Adjective

اِخْتِيَارِيّ • (iḵtiyāriyy) (feminine اِخْتِيَارِيَّة (iḵtiyāriyya), masculine plural اِخْتِيَارِيُّونَ (iḵtiyāriyyūna), feminine plural اِخْتِيَارِيَّات (iḵtiyāriyyāt))

  1. optional, voluntary
    Antonyms: إِجْبَارِيّ (ʔijbāriyy), إِلْزَامِيّ (ʔilzāmiyy)
  2. (education) extracurricular, elective
    Antonym: أَسَاسِيّ (ʔasāsiyy)
    مَوَاد اِخْتِيَارِيَّة ― mawād iḵtiyāriyya ― electives
  3. (medicine) elective (procedure, as opposed to urgent or emergent)
    Antonym: عَاجِل (ʕājil)
    جِرَاحَة اِخْتِيَارِيَّة ― jirāḥa(t) iḵtiyāriyya ― an elective surgery

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: ixtiyari
  • → Persian: اختیاری
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اختیاری
    • → Turkish: ihtiyari
    • → Crimean Tatar: ihtiyariy
  • → Uzbek: ixtiyoriy
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