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راحت

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Arabic

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Verb

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رَاحَتْ (rāḥat) (form I) /raː.ħat/

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of رَاحَ (rāḥa)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

Noun

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راحت (rahat)

  1. ease, rest, repose, tranquility, comfort
  2. anything that gives ease or pleasure; a solace, a comfort
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Adjective

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راحت (rahat)

  1. at ease
  2. quiet, tranquil
  3. comfortable, easy

Adverb

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راحت (rahat)

  1. comfortably, quietly

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “راحت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian

Persian

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Dari راحت
Iranian Persian
Tajik роҳат

Etymology

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    Borrowed from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

    Pronunciation

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    Readings
    Classical reading? rāhat
    Dari reading? rāhat
    Iranian reading? râhat
    Tajik reading? rohat

    Noun

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    راحت (râhat)

    1. comfort
    2. repose

    Adjective

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    راحت (râhat) (comparative راحت‌تَر, superlative راحت‌تَرین)

    1. comfortable
      Antonym: ناراحت (nârâhat)
    2. at ease
    3. easy
      Antonym: سخت (saxt)

    Derived terms

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    Urdu

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian رَاحَت (rāhat), borrowed from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).[1] First attested in c. 1586 as Middle Hindi راحت (raḥt /⁠rāhat⁠/).[2]

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      رَاحَت (rāhatf (Hindi spelling राहत)

      1. comfort, relief, respite, tranquillity
        Synonyms: سُکُون (sukūn), آسائِش (āsāiś), سُکھ (sukh), آرام (ārām)
      2. pleasure, joy
        Synonyms: خوشی (xośī), مَسَرَّت (masarrat), شادْمانی (śādmānī)
      3. (obsolete) reward

      Declension

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      Declension of راحت
      singular plural
      direct رَاحَت (rāhat) رَاحَتیں (rāhatẽ)
      oblique رَاحَت (rāhat) رَاحَتوں (rāhatõ)
      vocative رَاحَت (rāhat) رَاحَتو (rāhato)

      References

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      1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “راحت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 580
      2. ^ راحت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

      Further reading

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      • راحت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
      • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “راحت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]