لخت

Persian

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *reu-. Compare the classical form رت (rot) with the same meaning.

Adjective

Dari	لخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лухт

لخت • (loxt)

1. naked, nude

   Synonyms: برهنه (berahne), عریان (oryân)

Etymology 2

From لخشیدن (laxšidan, “to slide”).

Adjective

لخت • (laxt)

1. (Iran, of hair) sleek

Etymology 3

An imitative element borrowed from dialects.

Noun

Dari	لخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лахт

لخت • (laxt)

1. piece, portion

Related terms

• لخشک (laxšak, “noodle”)
• لک (lak, “stain”)
• سنگلاخ (sanglâx, “stony”)
• لخته (laxte, “clot”)
• لق (laq), لغ (lağ, “an addle egg”)
• لخت (laxt, “club, mace”)

Etymology 4

Related to लकुट (lakuṭa, “club”) and لگد (“kick; recoil”).

Noun

Dari	لخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лахт

لخت • (laxt)

1. (archaic) club, mace

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: լախտ (laxt)
  • Armenian: լախտ (laxt)
• → Georgian: ლახტი (laxṭi)

Further reading

• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 157
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լախտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 260a
• Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 115 Nr. 336