ابتدا

See also: ابتدأ

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِبْتِدَاء (ibtidā'), from Arabic اِبْتِدَاء (ibtidāʔ).

Noun

ابتدا • (ʾbtdā /ibtidā/)

  1. start, commencement, beginning
    Synonyms: باش (bāš /⁠baš⁠/), ایلک (ʾylk /⁠ilk⁠/), آغشته (ʾāġšth /⁠āġäštä⁠/), بدایت (bdāyt /⁠bidāyät⁠/)
    ابتدا قیلماقʾbtdā qylmāq /ibtidā qılmaq/ ― to start, begin

Adverb

ابتدا • (ʾbtdā /ibtidā/)

  1. as a beginning, for a commencement

Descendants

  • Uyghur: ئىپتىدا (iptida)
  • Uzbek: ibtido

Further reading

  • Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, pages 766-767
  • Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 507

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِبْتِدَاء (ibtidāʔ).

Noun

ابتدا • (ibtidâ) (definite accusative ابتدایی (ibtidâyı))

  1. beginning, start, commencement
    Synonym: باش (baş)
    ابتدا ایتمكibtidâ etmekto start, commence
    ابتدای جلوسibtidâ-yı cülûsthe start of a reign
    • c. 1531, Muhyî, translated by Okuyucu, Cihan and Yazar, Sadık, ترجمهٔ ابتدانامه [tercüme-i ibtidānāme, Translation of İbtidâ-Nâme], Ankara: Turkish Language Association, published 2018, →ISBN, page 116:
      حَمْدُ لَلَّهْ اُولْدِی حَمْدِیلَه بُو اَسْرَارْ اِبْتِدَا
      كَرْچِه يُوقْ اَسْرَارِ حَقَّه اِبْتِدَا وُ اِنْتِهَا
      hamdu lillâh oldı hamdile bu esrâr ibtidâ
      gerçi yok esrâr-ı hakka ibtidâ vü intihâ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (poetry) the first prosodic foot of the second hemistich of a verse

Adverb

ابتدا • (ibtidâ)

  1. as a beginning, for a commencement
    Synonym: ابتدااً (ibtidâ'en)

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root ب د ء (0 c, 3 e)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪb.t̪ʰɪ.d̪ɑ́ː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪb.t̪ʰɪ.d̪ɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔib.t̪ʰi.d̪ɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? ibtidā
Dari reading? ibtidā
Iranian reading? ebtedâ
Tajik reading? ibtido

Noun

Dari ابتدا
Iranian Persian
Tajik ибтидо

ابتدا • (ebtedâ) (plural ابتداها)

  1. unhamzated form of ابتداء (beginning)

Inflection

Basic forms of ابتدا
singular plural
bare ابتدا (ebtedấ) ابتداها (ebtedâ-hấ)
definitive direct object ابتدا را، ابتدا رو (ebtedấ râ, ebtedấ ro) ابتداها را، ابتداها رو (ebtedâ-hấ râ, ebtedâ-hấ ro)
ezâfe ابتدای (ebtedấ-ye) ابتداهای (ebtedâ-hấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
ابتدایی (ebtedấ-i) ابتداهایی (ebtedâ-hấ-i)

Colloquial.

Possessive forms of ابتدا
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
ابتدایم، ابتدام (ebtedấyam, ebtedấm) ابتداهایم، ابتداهام (ebtedâ-hấyam, ebtedâ-hấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
ابتدایت، ابتدات (ebtedấyat, ebtedất) ابتداهایت، ابتداهات (ebtedâ-hấyat, ebtedâ-hất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
ابتدایش، ابتداش (ebtedấyaš, ebtedấš) ابتداهایش، ابتداهاش (ebtedâ-hấyaš, ebtedâ-hấš)
1st person plural
(“our”)
ابتدایمان، ابتدامون (ebtedấyemân, ebtedấmun) ابتداهایمان، ابتداهامون (ebtedâ-hấyemân, ebtedâ-hấmun)
2nd person plural
(“your”)
ابتدایتان، ابتداتون (ebtedấyetân, ebtedấtun) ابتداهایتان، ابتداهاتون (ebtedâ-hấyetân, ebtedâ-hấtun)
3rd person plural
(“their”)
ابتدایشان، ابتداشون (ebtedấyešân, ebtedấšun) ابتداهایشان، ابتداهاشون (ebtedâ-hấyešân, ebtedâ-hấšun)

Colloquial.

Adverb

ابتدا • (ebtedâ)

  1. unhamzated form of ابتداء (firstly, first)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِبْتِدَاء (ibtidāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِبْتِدا • (ibtidāf (Hindi spelling इब्तिदा)

  1. initiation, threshold, beginning, commencement, inception, inchoation, start, genesis, rudiment.
    Synonyms: شُروع (śuro'), آرَمْبھ (ārambh), آغاز (āġāz)