વખત

Gujarati

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Arabic وَقْت (waqt)bor.

Classical Persian وَقْت (waqt)bor.

Gujarati વખત

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَقْت (waqt), borrowed from Arabic وَقْت (waqt).

For /q/ to /kʰ/, compare Punjabi ਵਖਤ / وَکَھت (vakhat, “trouble”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈʋə.kʰət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: વ‧ખત

Noun

વખત • (vakhat) m

1. time

   Synonym: સમય (samay)

Further reading

• ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944), “વખત”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 7863.
• Cauzim, Mirza Mohomed (1846), A Dictionary, Goojratee and English‎^[1], Bombay: Oriental Institute, page 327, column 2

• Edalji, Shapurji (1863), “વખત”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English‎^[2], Atmaram Sagun, page 742
• Framji, Ardesar (1862), “વખત”, in A Compendium of the English and Gujarati Dictionary‎^[3], page 462
• “વખત”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.