بضاعت

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic بِضَاعَة (biḍāʕa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bi.zɑː.ˈʔat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪ.zɑː.ʔǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪ.zɑː.ʔǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪ.zɑːǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bi.zɔːǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [be.zɒː.ʔǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bi.zɔ.ʔǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	bizā'at
Dari reading?	bizā'at
Iranian reading?	bezâ'at
Tajik reading?	bizoʾat

Noun

Dari	بضاعت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бизоат

بضاعت • (bezâ'at)

1. merchandise
2. an article of merchandise
3. goods
4. stock in trade, capital
5. agency, commission

Descendants

• → Urdu: بِضاعَت (bizā'at)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بِضَاعَت (bizā'at), from Arabic بِضَاعَة (biḍāʕa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪ.zɑː.(ʔ)ət̪/

Noun

بِضاعَت • (bizā'at) f (Hindi spelling बिज़ाअत)

1. merchandise
2. an article of merchandise
3. stock-in-trade, capital
4. agency, commission

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “بضاعت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.