اختلاف

Arabic

Root
خ ل ف (ḵ l f)
14 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِخْتَلَفَ (iḵtalafa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ix.ti.laːf/
Rhymes: -aːf

Noun

اِخْتِلَاف • (iḵtilāf) m

verbal noun of اِخْتَلَفَ (iḵtalafa) (form VIII)
disagreement
difference
variant
discrepancy
discord
resistance
contradiction

Declension

Declension of noun **اِخْتِلَاف** (iḵtilāf)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِخْتِلَاف iḵtilāf	الِاخْتِلَاف al-iḵtilāf	اِخْتِلَاف iḵtilāf
nominative	اِخْتِلَافٌ iḵtilāfun	الِاخْتِلَافُ al-iḵtilāfu	اِخْتِلَافُ iḵtilāfu
accusative	اِخْتِلَافًا iḵtilāfan	الِاخْتِلَافَ al-iḵtilāfa	اِخْتِلَافَ iḵtilāfa
genitive	اِخْتِلَافٍ iḵtilāfin	الِاخْتِلَافِ al-iḵtilāfi	اِخْتِلَافِ iḵtilāfi

Antonyms

إِجْمَاع (ʔijmāʕ)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: ixtilaf
→ Bengali: ইখতিলাফ (ikhtilaf)
→ Hindi: इख़्तिलाफ़ (ikhtilaaf)
→ Kazakh: ихтиляф (ixtiläf)
→ Ottoman Turkish: اختلاف
- Turkish: ihtilaf
→ Persian: اختلاف (extelâf)
- → Tajik: ихтилоф (ixtilof)
→ Swahili: hitilafu
→ Urdu: اختلاف (iḵtelāf)
→ Uyghur: ئىختىلاپ (ixtilap)
→ Uzbek: ixtilof

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “اختلاف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِخْتِلَاف (iḵtilāf).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔix.ti.ˈlaːf/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰɪ.lɑ́ːf]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪx.t̪ʰɪ.lɑ́ːf]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔix.t̪ʰi.lɔ́ːf]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔex.t̪ʰe.lɒ́ːf]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiχ.t̪ʰi.lɔ́f]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ixtilāf
Dari reading^?	ixtilāf
Iranian reading^?	extelâf
Tajik reading^?	ixtilof

Noun


Iranian Persian	اختلاف
Dari	اختلاف
Tajik	ихтилоф

اختلاف • (extelâf) (plural اختلافات (extelâfât))

difference
Synonyms: تفاوت (tafâvot), فرق (farq)

Antonym: شباهت (šabâhat)

― extelâf-e tabaqâti ― difference in social class
discord, disagreement
čin o âmrikâ extelâf dârand.
China and America have disputes.

Usage notes

Compared to (tafâvot) or (farq), there is often a sense of opposition in addition to simply "difference".

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ixtilāf), from Arabic اِخْتِلَاف (iḵtilāf).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪx.t̪ɪ.lɑːf/

Noun

اِخْتِلاف • (ixtilāf) m (Hindi spelling इख़्तिलाफ़)

discord, clash, difference, disagreement, misunderstanding, quarrel, schism, variance, variation, disparity, diversity
dissent