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 f (buḵtiyya), plural بَخَاتِيّ‎ (baḵātiyy))

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

     ‏رُؤُوسُهُنَّ كَأَسْنِمَةِ الْبُخْتِ الْمَائِلَةِ‎

     ruʾūsuhunna kaʾasnimati l-buḵti l-māʾilati

     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.

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 (bäxet)
• → 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)

References

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