See also: پت, بَٹ, تب, and بٞٹ

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ب ت ت (b-t-t).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

بَتَّ (batta) I, non-past يَبُتُّ or يَبِتُّ‎ (yabuttu or yabittu)

  1. to cut off, to sever
    Synonyms: قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa), بَتَرَ (batara), جَزَمَ (jazama)
  2. to complete, to finish, to achieve, to accomplish
  3. to fix, to settle, to determine, to decide
  4. to adjudge, to adjudicate
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

بَتّ (battm

  1. verbal noun of بَتَّ (batta) (form I)
  2. settlement, decision, resolution
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

بِتُّ (bittu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular past active of بَاتَ (bāta)

Verb edit

بِتَّ (bitta) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular past active of بَاتَ (bāta)

Verb edit

بِتْ (bit) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of بَاتَ (bāta)

Verb edit

بِتِّ (bitti) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular past active of بَاتَ (bāta)

Baluchi edit

Noun edit

بت (but)

  1. idol

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Turkic *bĕt (face).[1][2]

Noun edit

بت (bet)

  1. complexion
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Turkic *bït (louse).[3][4]

Noun edit

بت (bit)

  1. (specifically) louse
  2. (generally) a sucking insect on plant or animal
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Persian بد.[4][5]

Adjective edit

بت (bet)

  1. ugly

Etymology 4 edit

From Arabic بَتّ (batt)[4]

Verb edit

بت (bet)

  1. cutting off
  2. deciding

Etymology 5 edit

From Persian بت (bot).[4][6]

Noun edit

بت (but or put)

  1. idol

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bɨt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 338
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bĕt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 339
  5. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bet1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  6. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “put”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian edit

 

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian bwt' (/⁠but⁠/, Buddha, idol), ultimately from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha). In the earliest New Persian sources of the ninth century, the word already has the extended meaning of “beautiful person; the beloved” (whom one worships instead of God).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? but
Dari reading? but
Iranian reading? bot
Tajik reading? but

Noun edit

بت (bot) (plural بت‌ها (bot-hâ) or بتان (botân))

  1. idol
    Synonym: صنم (sanam)
    • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Gushtāsp”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎[1]:
      چو آگه شدند از نکو دین اوی
      گرفتند آن راه و آیین اوی
      بتان از سر کوه میسوختند
      بجای بت آذر برافروختند
      čō āgah šudand az nikū dīn-i ōy
      giriftand ān rāh u āyīn-i ōy
      butān az sar-i kōh mē-sūxtand
      ba jāy-i but āḏar bar-afrūxtand
      When they learned of the good religion of his,
      They took up the ways and customs of his;
      They burned the idols from the mountaintops,
      And in the idol's place, they lit the sacred flame.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
  2. beauty; beautiful person; the beloved
    Synonyms: صنم (sanam), جانان (jânân), دلبر (delbar), دلستان (delsetân)
    • c. 950, Abū‘l-Hasan Ali Munjīk, گنج سخن, 4th edition, volume 1, Tehran: Ibn-i Sīnā, published 1961, page 50:
      ما را جگر بتیر تو خسته گشت
      ای صبر بر فراق بتان نیک جوشنی
      mā rā jigar ba tīr-i firāq-i tu xasta gašt
      ay sabr bar firāq-i butān nēk jawšan-ī
      My heart [lit. liver] has been wounded by the arrow of separation from you;
      O patience! You are a fine breastplate against separation from beauties.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: büt
  • Baluchi: بت (but)
  • Bengali: বুত (but)
  • Crimean Tatar: put
  • Gujarati: બુત (but)
  • Ottoman Turkish: بت (bot)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬੁੱਤ (butta)
    Shahmukhi script: بت (but)
  • Turkmen: but
  • Ushojo: بت (but)
  • Urdu: بت (but)
  • Uzbek: but

Etymology 2 edit

A wanderwort. See Old Armenian բադ (bad, duck).

Noun edit

بت (bat) (plural بت‌ها (bat-hâ))

  1. Alternative spelling of بط (bat, duck).

Urdu edit

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

بَت (batm (Hindi spelling बत)

  1. shipworm
Declension edit
Declension of بت
singular plural
direct بت (bat) بت (bat)
oblique بت (bat) بتوں (batō̃)
vocative بت (bat) بتو (batō)

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian بت (bat, mark, score).

Noun edit

بَت (batm (Hindi spelling बत)

  1. line
  2. mark
Declension edit
Declension of بت
singular plural
direct بت (bat) بت (bat)
oblique بت (bat) بتوں (batō̃)
vocative بت (bat) بتو (batō)

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian بت (but), from Middle Persian [script needed] (bwt' /⁠but⁠/, Buddha, idol), ultimately from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha). Doublet of بدھ (buddh).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بُت (butm (Hindi spelling बुत)

  1. idol, icon
  2. statue
  3. (figurative) mistress
Declension edit
Declension of بت
singular plural
direct بُت (but) بُت (but)
oblique بُت (but) بُتوں (butō̃)
vocative بُت (but) بُتو (butō)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit

Ushojo edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian بت (but).

Noun edit

بُت (but)

  1. statue