بھوت

Urdu

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰuHtás

Sanskrit भू॒त (bhūtá)bor.

Urdu بھوت

Borrowed from Sanskrit भू॒त (bhūtá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰuHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- + *-tós.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʱuːt̪/
• Rhymes: -uːt̪

Noun

بُھوت • (bhūt) m (female equivalent بھُوتنِی (bhūtnī), Hindi spelling भूत)

1. ghost
2. spirit, demon

   Synonym: جن (jinn)

3. (figurative) an ugly man (i.e., a man of ghastly countenance)

Declension

Declension of بھوت

	singular	plural
direct	بُھوت (bhūt)	بُھوت (bhūt)
oblique	بُھوت (bhūt)	بُھوتوں (bhūtõ)
vocative	بُھوت (bhūt)	بُھوتو (bhūto)

Derived terms

• بھوتیا (bhūtiyā, “ghastly, ghostly, haunted”)
• بھوت پریت (bhūt-parīt, “ghosts and apparitions”)

References

• “بھوت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بھوت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.