سبت

See also: شبث, شبت, سبب, and س ب ب

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س ب ت
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic اَلسَّبْت (as-sabt), the form with al- is usually used to designate a certain Saturday or Saturday day in general but when it is mentioned unspecifically then the form without the al- can be used in some contexts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sabt/

Noun

سبت • (sabt) m

1. a Saturday

   سواءً سبت ولا أحد ― sawāʔan sabt walla ʔaḥad ― either a Saturday or a Sunday

Etymology 2

سَبَت

From Ottoman Turkish سبد (sebed, seped, sepet), from Persian سبد (sabad, “basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.bat/

Noun

سبت • (sabat) m (plural أسبتة (ʔasbita) or سبتات (sabatāt))

1. usually an immovable plastic basket, mostly a laundry basket

See also

• سَلَّة (salla, “basket”)
• طَشْت (ṭašt, “basket usually for water”)

Malay

Proper noun

سبت

1. Jawi spelling of Sabtu.‎

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَبْت (sabt), from Arabic اَلسَّبْت (as-sabt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səbt̪/
• Rhymes: -əbt̪
• Homophones: ثَبْت (sabt), سَبْط (sabt)

Noun

سَبْت • (sabt) m (Hindi spelling सब्त)

1. the Sabbath

Declension

Declension of سبت

	singular	plural
direct	سَبْت (sabt)	سَبْت (sabt)
oblique	سَبْت (sabt)	سَبْتوں (sabtõ)
vocative	سَبْت (sabt)	سَبْتو (sabto)

Further reading

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سبت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 367
• “سبت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• “سبت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.