तख़्त

Hindi

Alternative forms

• तख्त (takht) — nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَخْت (taxt, “throne”), from Middle Persian tʾht' (taxt), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”). Compare Punjabi ਤਖ਼ਤ (taxat).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪əxt̪/, [t̪ɐxt̪], /t̪əkʰt̪/, [t̪ɐkʰt̪], /t̪əkt̪/, [t̪ɐkt̪]
• Rhymes: -əxt̪, -əkt̪

Noun

तख़्त • (taxt) m (Urdu spelling تَخْت)

1. royal throne

   Synonyms: सिंहासन (sĩhāsan), राजगद्दी (rājgaddī), औरंग (auraṅg)

   तख़्त-ए-ताऊस ― taxt-e-tāūs ― the Mughal throne (literally, “throne of the peacock”)

   तख़्त-ए-फ़िरोज़ा ― taxt-e-firozā ― the turquoise throne of Bahmani Sultans (literally, “turquoise throne”)

Declension

Declension of तख़्त (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तख़्त taxt	तख़्त taxt
oblique	तख़्त taxt	तख़्तों taxtõ
vocative	तख़्त taxt	तख़्तो taxto

Derived terms

• तख़्तापलट (taxtāplaṭ, “coup d'état”)