لخت

Persian

Etymology 1

From لخشیدن (laxšidan, “to slide”).

Adjective

لخت • (laxt)

1. (Iran) sleek

Etymology 2

Noun

Dari	لخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лахт

لخت • (laxt)

1. piece, portion

Etymology 3

Noun

Dari	لخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лахт

لخت • (laxt)

1. (archaic) club, mace

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: լախտ (laxt)
  • Armenian: լախտ (laxt)
• → Georgian: ლახტი (laxṭi)

Further reading

• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 157
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լախտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 260a

Etymology 4

Possibly related to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *reu- . Compare with classical form رت (rot) with the same meaning.

Adjective

Dari	لخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лухт

لخت • (loxt)

1. naked, nude