اخته

See also: أحبة and آخته

Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ax.ta/, [äx.t̪ä́]

Adjective

اخته • (axta)

1. busy, occupied
2. entangled

Declension

Declension of اخته

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	اخته (axta)	اخته (axta)	اخته (axta)	اخته (axta)
oblique	اخته (axta)	اخته (axta)	اخته (axta)	اخته (axta)
vocative	اخته (axta)	اخته (axta)	اخته (axta)	اخته (axta)

Synonyms

• بوخت

Persian

Alternative forms

• آخته (āxta / âxte)

Etymology

From Middle Mongol ᠠᠭᠲᠠ (aɣta); compare modern Mongolian агт (agt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔax.ˈta/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäx.t̪ʰá]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäx.t̪ʰá]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäx.t̪ʰá]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäx.t̪ʰá]

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

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäχ.t̪ʰá]

Readings
Classical reading?	axta
Dari reading?	axta
Iranian reading?	axte
Tajik reading?	axta

Adjective

اخته • (axta / axte) (Tajik spelling ахта)

1. castrated, neutered

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “اخته”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press, page 72a.
• Vullers, Johann August (1855), “اخته”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 72