બુત
Gujarati edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian بت (but), from Middle Persian bwt' (/but/, “Buddha, idol”), borrowed from either Bactrian Βοδδο (Boddo), Βουδο (Boudo, “Buddha”) or Sogdian [script needed] (bwt /but/, “Buddha”), perhaps through Gandhari 𐨦𐨂𐨢 (budha), ultimately from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha). Doublet of બુદ્ધ (buddh). Compare Bengali বুত (but).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈbut̪/
Noun edit
બુત • (but) n