استیضاح

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتِيضَاح (istīḍāḥ), verbal noun of اِسْتَوْضَحَ (istawḍaḥa).

Noun

استیضاح • (istizah)

1. (politics) questioning, demanding an explanation (in Parliament)

Descendants

• Turkish: istizah

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “استیضاح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 107
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِيضَاح (istīḍāḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tiː.ˈzɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰiː.zɑ́ːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰiː.zɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰiː.zɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.zɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰiː.zɒ́ːʰ]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	istīzāh
Dari reading?	istīzāh
Iranian reading?	estizâh
Tajik reading?	istizoh

Noun

استیضاح • (estizâh)

1. (politics) impeachment

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “استیضاح”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim