बख़्त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بخت (baxt). Doublet of भक्त (bhakt, “devotee”) and भात (bhāt, “boiled rice”). Cognate with Bengali বখত (bokhot)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bəxt̪/, [bɐxt̪], /bəkʰt̪/, [bɐkʰt̪]

Noun

बख़्त • (baxt) m (Urdu spelling بخت)

1. fate, luck

Declension

Declension of बख़्त (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बख़्त baxt	बख़्त baxt
oblique	बख़्त baxt	बख़्तों baxtõ
vocative	बख़्त baxt	बख़्तो baxto

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बख़्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press