# انتخاب
## Arabic
### Etymology

Verbal noun of اِنْتَخَبَ (intaḵaba, “to choose, to elect”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /in.ti.xaːb/
* Rhymes: -aːb

### Noun

اِنْتِخَاب • (intiḵāb) m (plural اِنْتِخَابَات (intiḵābāt))
* election

#### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: انتخاب (intihap)
** Turkish: intihap
* → Classical Persian: اِنْتِخَاب (intixāb), انتخاو (entexâv) (dialectal, Borazjan)
** Tajik: интихоб (intixob)
** → Bengali: ইন্তেখাব (intekhab)
** → Dhivehi: އިންތިޚާބް (in̊tixāb)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: इंतख़ाब (intaxāb)
    Urdu: اِنْتِخاب (intixāb)
(via plural form اِنْتِخَابَات (intiḵābāt)):
* → Azerbaijani: intixabat
* → Classical Persian: اِنْتِخَابَات (intixābāt)
    Iranian Persian: اِنْتِخَابَات (entexâbât)
    Tajik: интихобот (intixobot)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: इंतख़ाबात (intaxābāt)
    Urdu: اِنْتِخابات (intixābāt)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

### Noun

انتخاب • (intihab) (plural انتخابات (intihabat))
* election
** 1913 October 18, “بولغارستانده انتخابات [Elections in Bulgaria]”, in Peyam, page 1:صوفیه ۱۲ تشرینثانی — اجراسه قریب الوقوع اولان انتخابات مناسبتیله حكومت فرقه‌سی طرفندن ترتیب ایدیلن بیوك براجتماعده رئیس وكلا موسیو (رادوسلاف) قابینه نامنه قرائت ایتمشدر.Sofya 12 teşrinisani — İcrası karib el-vuku olan intihabat münasebetiyle hükûmet fırkası tarafından tertib edilen büyük bir ictima'da reis Mosyo Radoslaf kabine namine kıraat etmiştir.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: intihap

### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “انتخاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 151
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “intihap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* انتخاو (entexâv) (dialectal, Borazjan)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔin.ti.ˈxɑːβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.xɑ́ːb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.xɑ́ːb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔɪn̪.t̪ʰɪ.xɑ́ːb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.xɔ́ːb̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔen̪.t̪ʰe.xɒ́ːb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔin̪.t̪ʰi.χɔ́b]

### Noun

اِنْتِخاب • (entexâb) (plural انتخابات (entexâbât))
* election
    در انتخابات ترکیه کی انتخاب شده است؟ (more literary)dar entexâbât-e torkiye ki entexâb šode ast?
    تو انتخابات ترکیه کی انتخاب شده؟ (more colloquial)tu entexâbât-e torkiye ki entexâb šode?Who has been elected in the Turkish elections?
* selection
* option, choice

#### Derived terms

(compound verbs)
* انتخاب کردن (entexâb kardan, “to elect, to select”)
* انتخاب شدن (entexâb šodan, “to be elected, to be selected”)
(adjectives)
* انتخابی (entexâbi, “electoral, optional”)

#### Descendants

* Tajik: интихоб (intixob)
* → Bengali: ইন্তেখাব (intekhab)
* → Dhivehi: އިންތިޚާބް (in̊tixāb)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: इंतख़ाब (intaxāb)
    Urdu: اِنْتِخاب (intixāb)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِنْتِخَاب, from Arabic اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɪn.t̪ɪ.xɑːb/, /ɪn.t̪eː.xɑːb/, /ɪn.t̪əxɑːb/
* Hyphenation: اِنْ‧تِ‧خاب
* Rhymes: -ɑːb

### Noun

اِنْتِخاب • (intixāb) m (formal plural اِنْتِخَابَات (intixābāt), Hindi spelling इंतख़ाब)
* (chiefly in the plural) election
* selection
    Synonym: چُناؤ (cunāo)