بت

See also: پت, بَٹ, تب, and بٞٹ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ت ت (b-t-t)

Pronunciation

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Verb

بَتَّ • (batta) I, non-past يَبُتُّ or يَبِتُّ‎ (yabuttu or yabittu)

1. to cut off, to sever

   Synonyms: قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa), بَتَرَ (batara), جَزَمَ (jazama)

2. to complete, to finish, to achieve, to accomplish
3. to fix, to settle, to determine, to decide
4. to adjudge, to adjudicate

Conjugation

Conjugation of

بَتَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal noun بَتّ)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						بَتّ batt
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						بَاتّ bātt
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَبْتُوت mabtūt
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	بَتَتُّ batattu	بَتَتَّ batatta	بَتَّ batta		بَتَتُّمَا batattumā	بَتَّا battā		بَتَتْنَا batatnā	بَتَتُّمْ batattum	بَتُّوا battū
	f		بَتَتِّ batatti	بَتَّتْ battat			بَتَّتَا battatā			بَتَتُّنَّ batattunna	بَتَتْنَ batatna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَبُتُّ or أَبِتُّ ʔabuttu or ʔabittu	تَبُتُّ or تَبِتُّ tabuttu or tabittu	يَبُتُّ or يَبِتُّ yabuttu or yabittu		تَبُتَّانِ or تَبِتَّانِ tabuttāni or tabittāni	يَبُتَّانِ or يَبِتَّانِ yabuttāni or yabittāni		نَبُتُّ or نَبِتُّ nabuttu or nabittu	تَبُتُّونَ or تَبِتُّونَ tabuttūna or tabittūna	يَبُتُّونَ or يَبِتُّونَ yabuttūna or yabittūna
	f		تَبُتِّينَ or تَبِتِّينَ tabuttīna or tabittīna	تَبُتُّ or تَبِتُّ tabuttu or tabittu			تَبُتَّانِ or تَبِتَّانِ tabuttāni or tabittāni			تَبْتُتْنَ or تَبْتِتْنَ tabtutna or tabtitna	يَبْتُتْنَ or يَبْتِتْنَ yabtutna or yabtitna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَبُتَّ or أَبِتَّ ʔabutta or ʔabitta	تَبُتَّ or تَبِتَّ tabutta or tabitta	يَبُتَّ or يَبِتَّ yabutta or yabitta		تَبُتَّا or تَبِتَّا tabuttā or tabittā	يَبُتَّا or يَبِتَّا yabuttā or yabittā		نَبُتَّ or نَبِتَّ nabutta or nabitta	تَبُتُّوا or تَبِتُّوا tabuttū or tabittū	يَبُتُّوا or يَبِتُّوا yabuttū or yabittū
	f		تَبُتِّي or تَبِتِّي tabuttī or tabittī	تَبُتَّ or تَبِتَّ tabutta or tabitta			تَبُتَّا or تَبِتَّا tabuttā or tabittā			تَبْتُتْنَ or تَبْتِتْنَ tabtutna or tabtitna	يَبْتُتْنَ or يَبْتِتْنَ yabtutna or yabtitna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَبُتَّ or أَبُتِّ or أَبْتُتْ or أَبِتَّ or أَبِتِّ or أَبْتِتْ ʔabutta or ʔabutti or ʔabtut or ʔabitta or ʔabitti or ʔabtit	تَبُتَّ or تَبُتِّ or تَبْتُتْ or تَبِتَّ or تَبِتِّ or تَبْتِتْ tabutta or tabutti or tabtut or tabitta or tabitti or tabtit	يَبُتَّ or يَبُتِّ or يَبْتُتْ or يَبِتَّ or يَبِتِّ or يَبْتِتْ yabutta or yabutti or yabtut or yabitta or yabitti or yabtit		تَبُتَّا or تَبِتَّا tabuttā or tabittā	يَبُتَّا or يَبِتَّا yabuttā or yabittā		نَبُتَّ or نَبُتِّ or نَبْتُتْ or نَبِتَّ or نَبِتِّ or نَبْتِتْ nabutta or nabutti or nabtut or nabitta or nabitti or nabtit	تَبُتُّوا or تَبِتُّوا tabuttū or tabittū	يَبُتُّوا or يَبِتُّوا yabuttū or yabittū
	f		تَبُتِّي or تَبِتِّي tabuttī or tabittī	تَبُتَّ or تَبُتِّ or تَبْتُتْ or تَبِتَّ or تَبِتِّ or تَبْتِتْ tabutta or tabutti or tabtut or tabitta or tabitti or tabtit			تَبُتَّا or تَبِتَّا tabuttā or tabittā			تَبْتُتْنَ or تَبْتِتْنَ tabtutna or tabtitna	يَبْتُتْنَ or يَبْتِتْنَ yabtutna or yabtitna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		بُتَّ or بُتِّ or اُبْتُتْ or بِتَّ or بِتِّ or اِبْتِتْ butta or butti or ubtut or bitta or bitti or ibtit			بُتَّا or بِتَّا buttā or bittā				بُتُّوا or بِتُّوا buttū or bittū
	f		بُتِّي or بِتِّي buttī or bittī							اُبْتُتْنَ or اِبْتِتْنَ ubtutna or ibtitna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	بُتِتُّ butittu	بُتِتَّ butitta	بُتَّ butta		بُتِتُّمَا butittumā	بُتَّا buttā		بُتِتْنَا butitnā	بُتِتُّمْ butittum	بُتُّوا buttū
	f		بُتِتِّ butitti	بُتَّتْ buttat			بُتَّتَا buttatā			بُتِتُّنَّ butittunna	بُتِتْنَ butitna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُبَتُّ ʔubattu	تُبَتُّ tubattu	يُبَتُّ yubattu		تُبَتَّانِ tubattāni	يُبَتَّانِ yubattāni		نُبَتُّ nubattu	تُبَتُّونَ tubattūna	يُبَتُّونَ yubattūna
	f		تُبَتِّينَ tubattīna	تُبَتُّ tubattu			تُبَتَّانِ tubattāni			تُبْتَتْنَ tubtatna	يُبْتَتْنَ yubtatna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُبَتَّ ʔubatta	تُبَتَّ tubatta	يُبَتَّ yubatta		تُبَتَّا tubattā	يُبَتَّا yubattā		نُبَتَّ nubatta	تُبَتُّوا tubattū	يُبَتُّوا yubattū
	f		تُبَتِّي tubattī	تُبَتَّ tubatta			تُبَتَّا tubattā			تُبْتَتْنَ tubtatna	يُبْتَتْنَ yubtatna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُبَتَّ or أُبَتِّ or أُبْتَتْ ʔubatta or ʔubatti or ʔubtat	تُبَتَّ or تُبَتِّ or تُبْتَتْ tubatta or tubatti or tubtat	يُبَتَّ or يُبَتِّ or يُبْتَتْ yubatta or yubatti or yubtat		تُبَتَّا tubattā	يُبَتَّا yubattā		نُبَتَّ or نُبَتِّ or نُبْتَتْ nubatta or nubatti or nubtat	تُبَتُّوا tubattū	يُبَتُّوا yubattū
	f		تُبَتِّي tubattī	تُبَتَّ or تُبَتِّ or تُبْتَتْ tubatta or tubatti or tubtat			تُبَتَّا tubattā			تُبْتَتْنَ tubtatna	يُبْتَتْنَ yubtatna

Noun

بَتّ • (batt) m

1. verbal noun of بَتَّ (batta) (form I)
2. settlement, decision, resolution

Declension

Declension of noun بَتّ (batt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَتّ batt	الْبَتّ al-batt	بَتّ batt
Nominative	بَتٌّ battun	الْبَتُّ al-battu	بَتُّ battu
Accusative	بَتًّا battan	الْبَتَّ al-batta	بَتَّ batta
Genitive	بَتٍّ battin	الْبَتِّ al-batti	بَتِّ batti

Etymology 2

Verb

بِتُّ • (bittu) (form I)

1. first-person singular past active of بَاتَ (bāta)

Verb

بِتَّ • (bitta) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular past active of بَاتَ (bāta)

Verb

بِتْ • (bit) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of بَاتَ (bāta)

Verb

بِتِّ • (bitti) (form I)

1. second-person feminine singular past active of بَاتَ (bāta)

Baluchi

Noun

بت • (but)

1. idol

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bĕt (“face”).

Noun

بت • (bet)

1. complexion

Derived terms

• بت بڭیز (bet beñiz)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *bït (“louse”).

Noun

بت • (bit)

1. (specifically) louse
2. (generally) a sucking insect on plant or animal

Derived terms

• بوغدای بتی (buğday biti, “wheat weevil”)
• قاصق بتی (kasık biti, “crab louse”)

 

Etymology 3

From Persian بد.

Adjective

بت • (bet)

1. ugly

Etymology 4

From Arabic بَتّ (batt)

Verb

بت • (bet)

1. cutting off
2. deciding

Etymology 5

From Persian بت (bot).

Noun

بت • (but or put)

1. idol

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian bwt' (/⁠but⁠/, “Buddha, idol”), ultimately from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha). In the earliest New Persian sources of the ninth century, the word already has the extended meaning of “beautiful person; the beloved” (whom one worships instead of God).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [but]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bʊt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [but̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bot̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [but̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	but
Dari reading?	but
Iranian reading?	bot
Tajik reading?	but

Noun

بت • (bot) (plural بت‌ها (bot-hâ) or بتان (botân))

1. idol

   Synonym: صنم (sanam)

   • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Gushtāsp”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[3]:

     چو آگه شدند از نکو دین اوی
     گرفتند آن راه و آیین اوی
     بتان از سر کوه میسوختند
     بجای بت آذر برافروختند

     čō āgah šudand az nikū dīn-i ōy
     giriftand ān rāh u āyīn-i ōy
     butān az sar-i kōh mē-sūxtand
     ba jāy-i but āḏar bar-afrūxtand

     When they learned of the good religion of his,
     They took up the ways and customs of his;
     They burned the idols from the mountaintops,
     And in the idol's place, they lit the sacred flame.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

2. beauty; beautiful person; the beloved

   Synonyms: صنم (sanam), جانان (jânân), دلبر (delbar), دلستان (delsetân)

   • c. 950, Abū‘l-Hasan Ali Munjīk, گنج سخن, 4th edition, volume 1, Tehran: Ibn-i Sīnā, published 1961, page 50:

     ما را جگر بتیر تو خسته گشت
     ای صبر بر فراق بتان نیک جوشنی

     mā rā jigar ba tīr-i firāq-i tu xasta gašt
     ay sabr bar firāq-i butān nēk jawšan-ī

     My heart [lit. liver] has been wounded by the arrow of separation from you;
     O patience! You are a fine breastplate against separation from beauties.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• بت‌خانه (bot-xâne, “idol temple”)
• بت‌شکن (bot-šekan, “idol-breaker”)
• بت‌پرست (bot-parast, “idolater; someone besotted by love”)
• بت‌پرستی (bot-parasti, “idolatry; absolute love”)
• بت‌کده (bot-kade, “idol temple”)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: büt
• → Baluchi: بت (but)
• → Bengali: বুত (but)
• → Crimean Tatar: put
• → Gujarati: બુત (but)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بت (bot)
  • Turkish: put
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬੁੱਤ (butta)

  Shahmukhi script: بت (but)

• → Turkmen: but
• → Ushojo: بت (but)
• → Urdu: بت (but)
• → Uzbek: but

Etymology 2

A wanderwort. See Old Armenian բադ (bad, “duck”).

Noun

بت • (bat) (plural بت‌ها (bat-hâ))

1. Alternative spelling of بط (bat, “duck”).

Urdu

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

بَت • (bat) m (Hindi spelling बत)

1. shipworm

Declension

Declension of بت
	singular	plural
direct	بت (bat)	بت (bat)
oblique	بت (bat)	بتوں (batō̃)
vocative	بت (bat)	بتو (batō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بت (bat, “mark, score”).

Noun

بَت • (bat) m (Hindi spelling बत)

1. line
2. mark

Declension

Declension of بت
	singular	plural
direct	بت (bat)	بت (bat)
oblique	بت (bat)	بتوں (batō̃)
vocative	بت (bat)	بتو (batō)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian بت (but), from Middle Persian [script needed] (bwt' /⁠but⁠/, “Buddha, idol”), ultimately from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha). Doublet of بدھ (buddh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʊt̪/
• Rhymes: -ʊt̪

Noun

بُت • (but) m (Hindi spelling बुत)

1. idol, icon
2. statue
3. (figurative) mistress

Declension

Declension of بت
	singular	plural
direct	بُت (but)	بُت (but)
oblique	بُت (but)	بُتوں (butō̃)
vocative	بُت (but)	بُتو (butō)

Synonyms

• صنم (sanam)
• (idol, statue, icon): مورت (mūrat)

Derived terms

• بت پرست (but-parast, “idolater”)
• بت پرستی (but-parastī, “idolatry”)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Classical Persian بت (but).

Noun

بُت (but)

1. statue