البته

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic الْبَتَّةَ (al-battata).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔal.bat.ˈta]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.bät̪.t̪ʰǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.bät̪.t̪ʰǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.bät̪.t̪ʰǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.bät̪.t̪ʰǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæl.bæt̪.t̪ʰé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.bät̪.t̪ʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	albatta
Iranian reading?	albatte
Tajik reading?	albatta

Adverb

Dari	البته
Iranian Persian
Tajik	албатта

البتّه • (albatte)

1. of course

Descendants

• → Armenian: հալբաթ (halbatʻ)
• → Azerbaijani: əlbəttə
• → Turkish: elbette
• → Bashkir: әлбиттә (əlbittə)
• → Bengali: আলবৎ (albot)
• → Hindi: अलबत्ता (albattā)
• → Georgian: ალბათ (albat)
• → Kazakh: әлбетте (älbette)
• → Kyrgyz: албетте (albette)
• → Tatar: әлбетте (älbette)
• → Turkmen: elbetde
• → Uzbek: albatta