استقامت

Arabic

Verb

اِسْتَقَامَتْ • (istaqāmat) (form X) /is.ta.qaː.mat/

1. third-person feminine singular past active of اِسْتَقَامَ (istaqāma)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• استقامه (istikame)

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتِقَامَة (istiqāma).

Noun

استقامت • (istikamet)

1. direction, alignment
2. integrity, rectitude

Descendants

• Turkish: istikamet
• Crimean Tatar: istiqamet

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “istikamet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “استقامت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 83b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِقَامَة (istiqāma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.ti.qɑː.ˈmat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.qɑː.mǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.qɑː.mǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.qɑː.mǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.qɔː.mǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰe.ʁɒː.mǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.qɔ.mǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	istiqāmat
Dari reading?	istiqāmat
Iranian reading?	esteğâmat
Tajik reading?	istiqomat

Noun

استقامت • (esteqâmat)

1. rectitude; uprightness; constant fidelity
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 333:

     خشم و شهوت مرد را احول کند
     ز استقامت روح را مبدل کند

     xišm u šahwat mard rā ahwal kunad
     z-istiqāmat rūh rā mubdal kunad

     Anger and lust make a man squint-eyed, they change the spirit from rectitude.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इस्तिक़ामत (istiqāmat)

  Urdu: استقامت (isteqāmat)

  • → Ushojo: استقامت (isteqāmat)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِقَامَة (istiqāma).

Noun

استقامت • (isteqāmat) f (Hindi spelling इस्तिक़ामत)

1. adherence, rectitude, uprightness

Descendants

• → Ushojo: استقامت (isteqāmat)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu استقامت (isteqāmat), Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِقَامَة (istiqāma).

Noun

استقامت (isteqāmat)

1. adherence, rectitude, uprightness
2. easy