اختیاری

See also: اختياري

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِخْتِيَارِيّ (iḵtiyāriyy). By surface analysis, اختیار (extiyâr, “choice”) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔix.ti.jaː.ˈɾiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰi.jɑː.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰi.jɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰi.jɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔix.t̪ʰi.jɔː.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔex.t̪ʰi.jɒː.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiχ.t̪ʰi.jɔ.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	ixtiyārī
Dari reading?	ixtiyārī
Iranian reading?	extiyâri
Tajik reading?	ixtiyori

Adjective

Dari	اختیاری
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ихтиёрӣ

اختیاری • (extiyâri)

1. optional

Descendants

• Tajik: ихтиёрӣ (ixtiyori)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इख़्तियारी (ixtiyārī)

  Urdu: اِخْتِیاری (ixtiyārī)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِخْتِیَارِی (ixtiyārī), from Arabic اِخْتِيَارِيّ (iḵtiyāriyy). By surface analysis, اِخْتِیار (ixtiyār) +‎ ـِی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪx.t̪ɪ.jɑː.ɾiː/

Adjective

اِخْتِیاری • (ixtiyārī) (Hindi spelling इख़्तियारी)

1. optional; voluntary; at one's disposal

Further reading

• “اختیاری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “اختیاری”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.