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ihtiyarî — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arbitrary adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
  • facultative adj Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
  • optional adjective Not required; available to choose but not compulsory.

Senses

ihtiyarî is used for these senses in English:

  • arbitrary (usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
  • facultative Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
  • optional Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

arbitrary — full definition

  1. adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
  2. adj Used, in mathematics and logic, to mean "any one you like" out of all the possibilities — not random in the everyday sense, but unspecified.

facultative — full definition

  1. adj Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
  2. adj Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
  3. adj That grants permission or power to do something.
  4. adj Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.

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