بخت

See also: تخت, بحت, تجب, تحب, بحث, تحت, and ب ح ث

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buxt/

Noun

بُخْت • (buḵt) m (collective, singulative بُخْتِيّ m or f (buḵtiyy) or بُخْتِيَّة (buḵtiyya), plural بَخَاتِيّ (baḵātiyy))

1. a half-breed from a male Bactrian camel and a female dromedary
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 37:190:

     رُؤُوسُهُنَّ كَأَسْنِمَةِ الْبُخْتِ الْمَائِلَةِ

     ruʔūsuhunna kaʔasnimati l-buḵti l-māʔilati

     Their heads are inclined like the humps of Bactrian dromedaries.

Declension

Declension of noun بُخْت (buḵt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُخْت buḵt	الْبُخْت al-buḵt	بُخْت buḵt
Nominative	بُخْتٌ buḵtun	الْبُخْتُ al-buḵtu	بُخْتُ buḵtu
Accusative	بُخْتًا buḵtan	الْبُخْتَ al-buḵta	بُخْتَ buḵta
Genitive	بُخْتٍ buḵtin	الْبُخْتِ al-buḵti	بُخْتِ buḵti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُخْتِيَّيْن buḵtiyyayn	الْبُخْتِيَّيْن al-buḵtiyyayn	بُخْتِيَّيْ buḵtiyyay
Nominative	بُخْتِيَّانِ buḵtiyyāni	الْبُخْتِيَّانِ al-buḵtiyyāni	بُخْتِيَّا buḵtiyyā
Accusative	بُخْتِيَّيْنِ buḵtiyyayni	الْبُخْتِيَّيْنِ al-buḵtiyyayni	بُخْتِيَّيْ buḵtiyyay
Genitive	بُخْتِيَّيْنِ buḵtiyyayni	الْبُخْتِيَّيْنِ al-buḵtiyyayni	بُخْتِيَّيْ buḵtiyyay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَخَاتِي baḵātī	الْبَخَاتِي al-baḵātī	بَخَاتِي baḵātī
Nominative	بَخَاتِيُّ baḵātiyyu	الْبَخَاتِيُّ al-baḵātiyyu	بَخَاتِيُّ baḵātiyyu
Accusative	بَخَاتِيَّ baḵātiyya	الْبَخَاتِيَّ al-baḵātiyya	بَخَاتِيَّ baḵātiyya
Genitive	بَخَاتِيَّ baḵātiyya	الْبَخَاتِيِّ al-baḵātiyyi	بَخَاتِيِّ baḵātiyyi

Etymology 2

From Persian بخت (baxt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baxt/

Noun

بَخْت • (baḵt) m (plural بُخُوت (buḵūt))

1. luck

Declension

Declension of noun بَخْت (baḵt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَخْت baḵt	الْبَخْت al-baḵt	بَخْت baḵt
Nominative	بَخْتٌ baḵtun	الْبَخْتُ al-baḵtu	بَخْتُ baḵtu
Accusative	بَخْتًا baḵtan	الْبَخْتَ al-baḵta	بَخْتَ baḵta
Genitive	بَخْتٍ baḵtin	الْبَخْتِ al-baḵti	بَخْتِ baḵti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَخْتَيْن baḵtayn	الْبَخْتَيْن al-baḵtayn	بَخْتَيْ baḵtay
Nominative	بَخْتَانِ baḵtāni	الْبَخْتَانِ al-baḵtāni	بَخْتَا baḵtā
Accusative	بَخْتَيْنِ baḵtayni	الْبَخْتَيْنِ al-baḵtayni	بَخْتَيْ baḵtay
Genitive	بَخْتَيْنِ baḵtayni	الْبَخْتَيْنِ al-baḵtayni	بَخْتَيْ baḵtay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُخُوت buḵūt	الْبُخُوت al-buḵūt	بُخُوت buḵūt
Nominative	بُخُوتٌ buḵūtun	الْبُخُوتُ al-buḵūtu	بُخُوتُ buḵūtu
Accusative	بُخُوتًا buḵūtan	الْبُخُوتَ al-buḵūta	بُخُوتَ buḵūta
Genitive	بُخُوتٍ buḵūtin	الْبُخُوتِ al-buḵūti	بُخُوتِ buḵūti

Descendants

• Algerian Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
• Egyptian Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
• Gulf Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
• Omani Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
  • → Swahili: bahati
• South Levantine Arabic: بخت (baḵt)

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian بخت (baxt).

Noun

بخت • (baht)

1. luck
2. fortune

Related terms

• بدبخت (bedbaht)
• بختسز (bahtsız)

Descendants

• Turkish: baht
• → Bulgarian: бахт (baht)
• → Serbo-Croatian: bȁht/ ба̏хт, bȃt / ба̑т

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (b(ʾ)ht' /⁠baxt⁠/, “fortune, luck”), from Proto-Iranian *bagta- (“assigned, allotted; fate”), a lexicalized past participle ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to distribute”); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

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Noun

بخت • (baxt)

1. fortune, prosperity, felicity, happiness
2. luck (good or bad)
3. horoscope, nativity, planet, constellation
4. nightmare
5. kind of locust

Derived terms

• بَختاوَر (baxtâvar)
• بَختیار (baxtyâr)
• بَدبَخت (badbaxt)
• خْوَشبَخت (xošbaxt)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: بَخْت (baḵt)
  • Algerian Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
  • Egyptian Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
  • Gulf Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
  • Omani Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
    • → Swahili: bahati
  • South Levantine Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
• → Armenian: բախտ (baxt)
• → Azerbaijani: bəxt
• → Bashkir: бәхет (bəxet)
• → Kazakh: бақыт (baqyt)
• → Northern Kurdish: baxt
• → Ottoman Turkish: بخت (baht)
  • Turkish: baht
  • → Bulgarian: бахт (baht)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: bȁht/ ба̏хт, bȃt / ба̑т
• → Romani: baxt
  • → Romanian: baftă
• → Urdu: بخت (baxt)
• → Uyghur: بەخت (bext)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بخت”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul