iptidai

== Turkish == === Alternative forms === ibtidaî, iptidaî (superseded spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ابتدائی (ibtidāi, “primitive, fundamental, preparatory”), from Arabic اِبْتِدَائِيّ (ibtidāʔiyy, “initial, primary, elementary”), from اِبْتِدَاء (ibtidāʔ, “beginning”), verbal noun of اِبْتَدَأَ (ibtadaʔa, “to begin, to commence”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ip.tiˈdaːiː/ Hyphenation: ip‧ti‧da‧i === Adjective === iptidai (philosophy, archaic) primitive, primordial (education, archaic) elementary school ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “iptidai”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “iptida’î”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2199