تبت

See also: بتت, تتب, ببت, ثبت, and تبب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Proper noun

تُبَّت • (tubbat) f

1. Tibet (a geographic region in Central Asia, the homeland of the Tibetan people)
2. Tibet (an autonomous region of China)
   • 873 C.E., Ya'qubi, البلدان, 1st edition, Beirut: دار الكتب العلمية, published 2001, page 118:

     ...، وَهِيَ آخِرُ المُدُنِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ مِمَّا يَلِي بَلْخْ إِلَى نَاحِيَةِ بَلَدِ التُّبَّتْ.

     ..., wahiya ʔāḵiru l-muduni š-šarqiyyati mimmā yalī balḵ ʔilā nāḥiyati baladi at-tubbat.

     And it is the last of the eastern cities adjacent to Balkh in the direction of the land of Tibet.

Declension

Declension of noun تُبَّت (tubbat)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	تُبَّت tubbat	—
nominative	—	تُبَّتُ tubbatu	—
accusative	—	تُبَّتَ tubbata	—
genitive	—	تُبَّتَ tubbata	—

Etymology 2

Verb

تَبِتْ • (tabit) (form I) /ta.bit/

1. inflection of بَاتَ (bāta):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive

Etymology 3

Verb

تبت (form I)

1. تَبُتُّ (tabuttu) /ta.but.tu/: inflection of بَتَّ (batta):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تَبِتُّ (tabittu) /ta.bit.tu/: inflection of بَتَّ (batta):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
3. تُبَتُّ (tubattu) /tu.bat.tu/: inflection of بَتَّ (batta):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
4. تَبُتَّ (tabutta) /ta.but.ta/: inflection of بَتَّ (batta):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
5. تَبِتَّ (tabitta) /ta.bit.ta/: inflection of بَتَّ (batta):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive
6. تُبَتَّ (tubatta) /tu.bat.ta/: inflection of بَتَّ (batta):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive
7. تَبُتِّ (tabutti) /ta.but.ti/: inflection of بَتَّ (batta):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
8. تَبِتِّ (tabitti) /ta.bit.ti/: inflection of بَتَّ (batta):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
9. تُبَتِّ (tubatti) /tu.bat.ti/: inflection of بَتَّ (batta):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Etymology 4

Verb

تبت (form I)

1. تُبْتُ (tubtu) /tub.tu/: first-person singular past active of تَابَ (tāba)
2. تُبْتَ (tubta) /tub.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of تَابَ (tāba)
3. تُبْتِ (tubti) /tub.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of تَابَ (tāba)

Etymology 5

Verb

تَبَّتْ • (tabbat) (form I) /tab.bat/

1. third-person feminine singular past active of تَبَّ (tabba)

Persian

Alternative forms

• تیبت (tibet)

Etymology

From Sogdian ܬܘܦܐܝܝܬ (twpʾyyt /⁠tupēt, tubēt⁠/). The ultimate origin may be Tibetan བོད (bod).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tab.ˈbat/, /tub.ˈbat/, /tub.ˈbit/, /tib.ˈbit/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb.bät̪], [t̪ʰʊb.bät̪], [t̪ʰʊb.bɪt̪], [t̪ʰɪb.bɪt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb.bät̪], [t̪ʰʊb.bät̪], [t̪ʰʊb.bɪt̪], [t̪ʰɪb.bɪt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb.bät̪], [t̪ʰʊb.bät̪], [t̪ʰʊb.bɪt̪], [t̪ʰɪb.bɪt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb.bät̪], [t̪ʰub.bät̪], [t̪ʰub.bit̪], [t̪ʰib.bit̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæb.bæt̪ʰ], [t̪ʰob.bæt̪ʰ], [t̪ʰob.bet̪ʰ], [t̪ʰeb.bet̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb.bät̪], [t̪ʰub.bät̪], [t̪ʰub.bit̪], [t̪ʰib.bit̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	tabbat, tubbat, tubbit, tibbit
Dari reading?	tabbat, tubbat, tubbit, tibbit
Iranian reading?	tabbat, tobbat, tobbet, tebbet
Tajik reading?	tabbat, tubbat, tubbit, tibbit

Proper noun

تبت • (tabbat, tobbat, tobbet, tebbet)

1. Tibet (a geographic region in Central Asia, the homeland of the Tibetan people)
   • Nasir Khusraw

     صبا را ندانی ز عطار تبت
     زمین را ندانی ز دیبای ششتر

     sabâ râ nadâni ze attâr-e tobbat
     zamin râ nadâni ze dibâ-ye šoštar

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. Tibet (an autonomous region of China)

Descendants

• → Bengali: তিব্বত (tibbot)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तिब्बत (tibbat)

  Urdu: تِبَّت (tibbat)

• → Nepali: तिब्बत (tibbat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تبت (tübbet)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “تبت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تبت (tibbat).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪb.bət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: تِ‧بَّت

Proper noun

تِبَّت • (tibbat) m (Hindi spelling तिब्बत)

1. Tibet (a geographic region in Central Asia, the homeland of the Tibetan people)
2. Tibet (an autonomous region of China)

Further reading

• “تبت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.