# اعتبار
## Arabic
### Etymology

Verbal noun of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iʕ.ti.baːr/
* Rhymes: -aːr

### Noun

اِعْتِبَار • (iʕtibār) m (plural اِعْتِبَارَات (iʕtibārāt))
* verbal noun of اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara) (form VIII)
* regard, respect
    اِعْتِبَارًا لِ/بِ... ― iʕtibāran li/bi... ― with respect to...
    بِ/عَلَى ٱعْتِبَارِ أَنْ... ― bi/ʕalā ʕtibāri ʔan... ― considering that...

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: etibar
* → Bashkir: иғтибар (iğtibar)
* → Malay:
** Indonesian: iktibar
* → Ottoman Turkish: اعتبار (i’tibâr)
** Turkish: itibar
** → Armenian: էխտիպար (ēxtipar), իխտիպար (ixtipar), իտտիբար (ittibar), ըխթըբա̈ր (əxtʻəbär), էհտիպար (ēhtipar)
* → Persian: اِعتِبار (e'tebâr)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: एतबार (etbār), ऐतबार (aitbār)
    Urdu: اعتبار (iʻtibār)
* → Tatar: игътибар (iğtibar)
* → Turkmen: ygtybar
* → Uyghur: ئەتىۋار (etiwar), ئېتىۋار (ëtiwar)
* → Uzbek: eʼtibor

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār), from اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).

### Noun

اعتبار • (i’tibâr) (definite accusative اعتباری (i’tibârı), plural اعتبارات (i’tibârât))
* consideration, esteem, reputation, regard, standing, repute, fame, the worth or estimation in which something or someone is held or considered
    Synonyms: اوك (üñ), شان (şan), شهرت (şöhret), صان (san)
* prestige, credit, respect, the quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is or how favourably something or someone is regarded
    Synonyms: حیثیت (haysiyet), شرف (şeref)
* (finance) credit, a privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid

#### Derived terms

* اعتبار ایتمك (i’tibâr etmek, “to esteem, consider”)
* اعتبار بوزلمق (i’tibâr bozulmak, “for one's credit, to be diminished”)
* اعتبار جمعیتی (i’tibâr cemʼiyeti, “credit company”)
* اعتبار صندوغی (iʼtibar sandığı, “credit bank”)
* اعتباراً (i’tibâren, “starting from, as from”)
* اعتبارسز (i’tibârsız, “discredited, not valued”)
* اعتبارلو (i’tibârlı, “esteemed, valued”)
* اعتباری (i’tibârî, “imaginary, speculative”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: itibar
* → Armenian: էխտիպար (ēxtipar), իխտիպար (ixtipar), իտտիբար (ittibar), ըխթըբա̈ր (əxtʻəbär), էհտիպար (ēhtipar)

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “اعتبار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 72
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “itibar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2264
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “iʼtibâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 562
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اعتبار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 109
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Æstimatio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 36
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اعتبار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 277
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “itibar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اعتبار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 139

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār), from اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔiʔ.ti.ˈβɑːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔe̞ʔ.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔeː.t̪ʰɪ.bɑ́ːɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔeː.t̪ʰi.bɔ́ːɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔeʔ.t̪ʰe.bɒ́ːɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔeʔ.t̪ʰi.bɔ́ɾ]
* Rhymes: -ɑːr

### Noun

اعتبار • (e'tebâr)
* confidence; trust
** 1705, Guru Gobind Singh, “verse 15”, in ظفرنامه [Zafarnama]:کسی قول قرآن کند اعتبار همان روز آخر شود مردخوارkasē qawl-i qur'ān kunad i'tibār hamān rōz-i āxar šawad mard-i xwārWhoever puts stock in a vow [made] on the Qur'an Will be a wretched man on the final day.(Classical romanization)
* validity, credibility; reliability
* credit

#### Descendants

* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: एतबार (etbār), ऐतबार (aitbār)
    Urdu: اعتبار (iʻtibār)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِعْتِبَار (i'tibār), borrowed from Arabic اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār), from اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɪʕ.t̪ɪ.bɑːɾ/
** (common) IPA: [e.(ʔ)t̪ɪ.bɑːɾ], [eː.t̪e.bɑːɾ], [eːt̪.bɑːɾ]
** (Punjabic Urdu) IPA: [ɛːt̪.bɑːr]
* Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
* Hyphenation: اِعْ‧تِ‧بار

### Noun

اِعْتِبار • (iʻtibār) m (Hindi spelling एतबार)
* trust, confidence
* credibility
* reliability
* honesty, rightfulness

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “اعتبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “اعتبار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اعتبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “اعتبار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.