سقوط

Arabic

Root
س ق ط (s q ṭ)
9 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of سَقَطَ (saqaṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.quːtˤ/
• Rhymes: -uːtˤ

Noun

سُقُوط • (suqūṭ) m

1. verbal noun of سَقَطَ (saqaṭa) (form I)
2. fall, falling, downfall

Declension

Declension of noun سُقُوط (suqūṭ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سُقُوط suqūṭ	السُّقُوط as-suqūṭ	سُقُوط suqūṭ
nominative	سُقُوطٌ suqūṭun	السُّقُوطُ as-suqūṭu	سُقُوطُ suqūṭu
accusative	سُقُوطًا suqūṭan	السُّقُوطَ as-suqūṭa	سُقُوطَ suqūṭa
genitive	سُقُوطٍ suqūṭin	السُّقُوطِ as-suqūṭi	سُقُوطِ suqūṭi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: süqut
• → Ottoman Turkish: سقوط (sukut)
  • Turkish: sukut
• → Persian: سُقوط (soqut)
• → Uzbek: suqut

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س ق ط
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سُقُوط (suqūṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ɡuːtˤ/, [sʊ.ɡuːtˤ]

Noun

سقوط • (sugūṭ) m

1. failure (in academics)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُقُوط (suqūṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /su.ˈquːt/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.quːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊ.quːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊ.quːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.qut̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [so.ʁuːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.qut̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	suqūt
Dari reading?	suqūt
Iranian reading?	soġut
Tajik reading?	suqut

Noun

Dari	سقوط
Iranian Persian
Tajik	суқут

سُقوط • (soqut)

1. (literal and figurative) fall, falling, downfall

   Synonym: افتادن (oftâdan)

   سقوط هواپیما ― soqut-e havâpeymâ ― plane crash

   سقوط روم ― soqut-e rum ― fall of Rome

   سقوط شاه ― soqut-e šâh ― fall of the shah

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 2153:

     جز کنار بام خود نبود سقوط

     juz kanār-i bām xwad nabwad suqūt

     Indeed, there is no fall except [from] the edge of the roof.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• سقوط کردن (soqut kardan)