بات

See also: تأت, پاپ, باب, تاب, تأب, and باپ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of بَتَّ (batta, “to fix, to determine, to decide”), from the root ب ت ت (b-t-t).

Adjective

بَاتّ • (bātt)

1. definite, definitive
2. categorical

   مَنْع بَاتّ

   manʕ bātt

   categorical interdiction

Declension

Declension of adjective بَاتّ (bātt)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَاتّ bātt	الْبَاتّ al-bātt	بَاتَّة bātta	الْبَاتَّة al-bātta
Nominative	بَاتٌّ bāttun	الْبَاتُّ al-bāttu	بَاتَّةٌ bāttatun	الْبَاتَّةُ al-bāttatu
Accusative	بَاتًّا bāttan	الْبَاتَّ al-bātta	بَاتَّةً bāttatan	الْبَاتَّةَ al-bāttata
Genitive	بَاتٍّ bāttin	الْبَاتِّ al-bātti	بَاتَّةٍ bāttatin	الْبَاتَّةِ al-bāttati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَاتَّيْن bāttayn	الْبَاتَّيْن al-bāttayn	بَاتَّتَيْن bāttatayn	الْبَاتَّتَيْن al-bāttatayn
Nominative	بَاتَّانِ bāttāni	الْبَاتَّانِ al-bāttāni	بَاتَّتَانِ bāttatāni	الْبَاتَّتَانِ al-bāttatāni
Accusative	بَاتَّيْنِ bāttayni	الْبَاتَّيْنِ al-bāttayni	بَاتَّتَيْنِ bāttatayni	الْبَاتَّتَيْنِ al-bāttatayni
Genitive	بَاتَّيْنِ bāttayni	الْبَاتَّيْنِ al-bāttayni	بَاتَّتَيْنِ bāttatayni	الْبَاتَّتَيْنِ al-bāttatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَاتِّين bāttīn	الْبَاتِّين al-bāttīn	بَاتَّات bāttāt	الْبَاتَّات al-bāttāt
Nominative	بَاتُّونَ bāttūna	الْبَاتُّونَ al-bāttūna	بَاتَّاتٌ bāttātun	الْبَاتَّاتُ al-bāttātu
Accusative	بَاتِّينَ bāttīna	الْبَاتِّينَ al-bāttīna	بَاتَّاتٍ bāttātin	الْبَاتَّاتِ al-bāttāti
Genitive	بَاتِّينَ bāttīna	الْبَاتِّينَ al-bāttīna	بَاتَّاتٍ bāttātin	الْبَاتَّاتِ al-bāttāti

Etymology 2

From the root ب ي ت (b-y-t).

Verb

1. to spend the night, to stay overnight
2. (copulative) to become, to have gotten into

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صار

3. to continue doing, keep doing, stick to Template:+preo

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Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑːt̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

بات • (bāt) f (Hindi spelling बात)

1. talk, conversation
2. saying
3. word (promise)
4. matter, affair
5. thing, point

Declension

Declension of بات
	singular	plural
direct	بات (bāt)	باتیں (bātẽ)
oblique	بات (bāt)	باتوں (bātõ)
vocative	بات (bāt)	باتو (bāto)

References

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