امتحان

Arabic
Root
م ح ن (m-ḥ-n)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /im.ti.ħaːn/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

اِمْتِحَان • (imtiḥān) m (plural اِمْتِحَانَات (imtiḥānāt))

  1. verbal noun of اِمْتَحَنَ (imtaḥana) (form VIII)
  2. examination
    أُجْرِيَتْ امْتِحَانًاً صَعْبًاً الْيَوْمَ وَآمُلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ النَّتِيجَةُ جَيِّدَةً.
    I took a difficult exam today, and I hope the result will be good.
  3. test

Declension
Declension of noun اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِمْتِحَان
imtiḥān		 الِامْتِحَان
al-imtiḥān		 اِمْتِحَان
imtiḥān
Nominative اِمْتِحَانٌ
imtiḥānun		 الِامْتِحَانُ
al-imtiḥānu		 اِمْتِحَانُ
imtiḥānu
Accusative اِمْتِحَانًا
imtiḥānan		 الِامْتِحَانَ
al-imtiḥāna		 اِمْتِحَانَ
imtiḥāna
Genitive اِمْتِحَانٍ
imtiḥānin		 الِامْتِحَانِ
al-imtiḥāni		 اِمْتِحَانِ
imtiḥāni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِمْتِحَانَيْن
imtiḥānayn		 الِامْتِحَانَيْن
al-imtiḥānayn		 اِمْتِحَانَيْ
imtiḥānay
Nominative اِمْتِحَانَانِ
imtiḥānāni		 الِامْتِحَانَانِ
al-imtiḥānāni		 اِمْتِحَانَا
imtiḥānā
Accusative اِمْتِحَانَيْنِ
imtiḥānayni		 الِامْتِحَانَيْنِ
al-imtiḥānayni		 اِمْتِحَانَيْ
imtiḥānay
Genitive اِمْتِحَانَيْنِ
imtiḥānayni		 الِامْتِحَانَيْنِ
al-imtiḥānayni		 اِمْتِحَانَيْ
imtiḥānay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اِمْتِحَانَات
imtiḥānāt		 الِامْتِحَانَات
al-imtiḥānāt		 اِمْتِحَانَات
imtiḥānāt
Nominative اِمْتِحَانَاتٌ
imtiḥānātun		 الِامْتِحَانَاتُ
al-imtiḥānātu		 اِمْتِحَانَاتُ
imtiḥānātu
Accusative اِمْتِحَانَاتٍ
imtiḥānātin		 الِامْتِحَانَاتِ
al-imtiḥānāti		 اِمْتِحَانَاتِ
imtiḥānāti
Genitive اِمْتِحَانَاتٍ
imtiḥānātin		 الِامْتِحَانَاتِ
al-imtiḥānāti		 اِمْتِحَانَاتِ
imtiḥānāti

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪm.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪm.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔim.t̪ʰi.jɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? imtihān
Dari reading? imtehān
Iranian reading? emtehân
Tajik reading? imtihon

Noun
Dari امتحان
Iranian Persian
Tajik имтиҳон

اِمْتِحان • (emtehân) (plural امتحانات (emtehânât))

  1. examination
    امتحان رانندگی ― emtehân-e rânandegi ― driving test
  2. trial, test

Derived terms
  • امتحان کردن (emtehân kardan, “to test, to trial”)
  • امتحان دادن (emtehân dâdan, “to take a test, to take an exam”)
  • امتحان گرفتن (emtehân gereftan, “to give out a test”)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian امتحان (imtihān), from Arabic اِمْتِحَان (imtiḥān).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪm.t̪ɪ.ɦɑːn/, [ɪm.t̪e.ɦɑːn]
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

اِمْتِحان • (imtiḥān) m (formal plural امتحانات, Hindi spelling इम्तिहान)

  1. exam, test
    Synonym: پرچہ (parca)
  2. trial (difficult period)

Declension
Declension of امتحان
singular plural
direct امتحان (imtiḥān) امتحان (imtiḥān)
oblique امتحان (imtiḥān) امتحانوں (imtiḥānō̃)
vocative امتحان (imtiḥān) امتحانو (imtiḥānō)

References
  • “امتحان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “امتحان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu امتحان (imtihān).

Noun

امتحان (imtihān)

  1. exam, test
  2. trial
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