طبیعت

See also: طبيعة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa, “nature, quality, essence”).

Noun

طبیعت • (tabiʼat)

1. nature, the essential or innate qualities and characteristics of a person or thing

   Synonym: طبع (tabʼ)

2. nature, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order

   Synonym: یارادلش (yaradılış)

3. good taste, refinement, natural elegance in behaviour, manner, or taste

Derived terms

• طبیعت ایتمك (tabiʼat itmek, “to get used to”)
• طبیعت بشریه (tabiʼat-ı beşeriye, “the human nature”)
• طبیعتجه (tabiʼatca, “conformable to taste”)
• طبیعتسز (tabiʼatsız, “contrary to good taste”)
• طبیعتلو (tabiʼatlı, “possessed of refined taste”)
• طبیعتیله (tabiʼatıyla, “naturally”)

 

Related terms

• طبع (tabʼ, “printing, stamping”)
• طبیعی (tabiʼi, “natural”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: tabiat
• → Romanian: tabiet

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tabiat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4520
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “tabîat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1209
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طبیعت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 800
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Natura”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1119
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “طبیعت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3089
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tabiat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طبیعت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1233

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa, “nature; disposition”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.βiː.ˈʔat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.beː.ʔǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.beː.ʔǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bi.jǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bi.jǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.biː.ʔǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.bi.ʔǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	taḇī'at
Dari reading?	tabī'at
Iranian reading?	tabi'at
Tajik reading?	tabiʾat

Noun

Dari	طبیعت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	табиат

طَبیعَت • (tabi'at)

1. nature; temperament; disposition; character

   Synonym: نهاد (nahâd)

   طبیعت انسانی ― tabi'at-e ensâni ― human nature

2. nature; natural world

   Synonym: زاستار (zâstâr)

   • 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “معشوق من”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]‎^[6]:

     معشوق من
     همچون طبیعت
     مفهوم ناگزیر صریحی دارد
     او با شکست من
     قانون صادقانهٔ قدرت را
     تأیید میکند

     ma'šuq-e man
     hamčon tabi'at
     mafhum-e nâgozir-e sarihi dârad
     u bâ šekast-e man
     qânun-e sâdeqâne-ye qodrat râ
     ta'yid mi-konad

     Just like nature
     My lover
     Has a clear, indispensable meaning
     By subjugating me, he
     Gives the proof
     To the honest law of force

Related terms

• طبیعی (tabi'i, “natural”)

 

Descendants

• → Bengali: তবিয়ত (tobiyot)
• → Gujarati: તબિયત (tabiyat), તબીઅત (tabīat)
• → Hindustani: tabī'at
  • Hindi: तबीयत
  • Urdu: طبیعت
• → Kyrgyz: табият (tabiyat)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “طبیعت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “طبیعت”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طَبِیعَت (tabī'at), from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.biː.(ʔ)ət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

طَبِیعَت • (tabī'at) f (Hindi spelling तबियत)

1. temperament, mind, disposition, mood, character, behavior
2. (by extension) health, condition, state, constitution

   Synonym: صِحَت (sihat)

   آپ کی طَبِیعَت کَیسی ہے؟

   āp kī tabī'at kaisī he?

   How are you feeling?

   (literally, “How is your condition?”)

3. nature, intrinsic quality
4. habit
5. (rare) choice

Related terms

• طَبِیعی (tabī'ī)
• طَبِیعَت ناساز ہونا (tabī'at nāsāz honā, “to become indisposed, to be ill, to be sick”)
• طَبِیعَت خَراب ہونا (tabī'at xarāb honā, “to become ill, to become sick”)

References

• “طبیعت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “طبیعت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.