امتحان

Arabic

Root
م ح ن (m ḥ n)
4 terms

  • Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /im.ti.ħaːn/
    • Rhymes: -aːn
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    اِمْتِحَان • (imtiḥān) m (plural اِمْتِحَانَات (imtiḥānāt))

    1. verbal noun of اِمْتَحَنَ (imtaḥana) (form VIII)
    2. examination
      أُجْرِيَتْ امْتِحَانًاً صَعْبًاً الْيَوْمَ وَآمُلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ النَّتِيجَةُ جَيِّدَةً.
      I took a difficult exam today, and I hope the result will be good.
    3. test

    Declension

    Declension of noun اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal اِمْتِحَان
    imtiḥān     		الِامْتِحَان
    al-imtiḥān     		اِمْتِحَان
    imtiḥān
    nominative اِمْتِحَانٌ
    imtiḥānun     		الِامْتِحَانُ
    al-imtiḥānu     		اِمْتِحَانُ
    imtiḥānu
    accusative اِمْتِحَانًا
    imtiḥānan     		الِامْتِحَانَ
    al-imtiḥāna     		اِمْتِحَانَ
    imtiḥāna
    genitive اِمْتِحَانٍ
    imtiḥānin     		الِامْتِحَانِ
    al-imtiḥāni     		اِمْتِحَانِ
    imtiḥāni
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal اِمْتِحَانَيْن
    imtiḥānayn     		الِامْتِحَانَيْن
    al-imtiḥānayn     		اِمْتِحَانَيْ
    imtiḥānay
    nominative اِمْتِحَانَانِ
    imtiḥānāni     		الِامْتِحَانَانِ
    al-imtiḥānāni     		اِمْتِحَانَا
    imtiḥānā
    accusative اِمْتِحَانَيْنِ
    imtiḥānayni     		الِامْتِحَانَيْنِ
    al-imtiḥānayni     		اِمْتِحَانَيْ
    imtiḥānay
    genitive اِمْتِحَانَيْنِ
    imtiḥānayni     		الِامْتِحَانَيْنِ
    al-imtiḥānayni     		اِمْتِحَانَيْ
    imtiḥānay
    plural sound feminine plural
    indefinite definite construct
    informal اِمْتِحَانَات
    imtiḥānāt     		الِامْتِحَانَات
    al-imtiḥānāt     		اِمْتِحَانَات
    imtiḥānāt
    nominative اِمْتِحَانَاتٌ
    imtiḥānātun     		الِامْتِحَانَاتُ
    al-imtiḥānātu     		اِمْتِحَانَاتُ
    imtiḥānātu
    accusative اِمْتِحَانَاتٍ
    imtiḥānātin     		الِامْتِحَانَاتِ
    al-imtiḥānāti     		اِمْتِحَانَاتِ
    imtiḥānāti
    genitive اِمْتِحَانَاتٍ
    imtiḥānātin     		الِامْتِحَانَاتِ
    al-imtiḥānāti     		اِمْتِحَانَاتِ
    imtiḥānāti

    Descendants

    Persian

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Arabic اِمْتَحَنَ (imtaḥana)
    Arabic اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān)bor.
    Persian امتحان

    Borrowed from Arabic اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān).

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪm.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑ́ːn]
      • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪm.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːn]
      • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔim.t̪ʰi.jɔ́ːn]

    Readings
    Classical reading? imtihān
    Dari reading? imtehān
    Iranian reading? emtehân
    Tajik reading? imtihon

    Noun

    Dari امتحان
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik имтиҳон

    اِمْتِحان • (emtehân) (plural امتحانات (emtehânât))

    1. examination
      امتحان رانندگی ― emtehân-e rânandegi ― driving test
    2. trial, test

    Derived terms

    • امتحان کردن (emtehân kardan, “to test, to trial”)
    • امتحان دادن (emtehân dâdan, “to take a test, to take an exam”)
    • امتحان گرفتن (emtehân gereftan, “to give out a test”)

    Descendants

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Arabic اِمْتَحَنَ (imtaḥana)
    Arabic اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān)bor.
    Classical Persian اِمْتِحَان (imtihān)bor.
    Urdu اِمْتِحَان (imtihān)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمْتِحَان (imtihān), borrowed from Arabic اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān), from اِمْتَحَنَ (imtaḥana). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi امتحان (amtḥan /⁠imtihān⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪm.t̪ɪ.ɦɑːn/, [ɪm.t̪e.ɦɑːn]
    • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɑːn
    • Hyphenation: اِم‧تِ‧حان

    Noun

    اِمْتِحان • (imtihān) m (formal plural اِمْتِحَانَات (imtihānāt), Hindi spelling इम्तिहान)

    1. exam, test
      Synonym: پَرْچَہ (parca)
    2. trial (difficult period)

    Declension

    Declension of امتحان
    singular plural
    direct اِمْتِحان (imtihān) اِمْتِحان (imtihān)
    oblique اِمْتِحان (imtihān) اِمْتِحانوں (imtihānõ)
    vocative اِمْتِحان (imtihān) اِمْتِحانو (imtihāno)

    See also

    Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root م ح ن (0 c, 1 e)

    References

    1. ^ “امتحان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

    • “امتحان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “امتحان”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]

    Ushojo

    Etymology

    From Urdu امتحان (imtihān), from Arabic اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān).

    Noun

    امتحان (imtihān)

    1. exam, test
    2. trial
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