بیعت

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic بَيْعَة (bayʕa).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.ʔǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.jǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.jǽt̪]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	bay'at
Dari reading?	bay'at
Iranian reading?	bey'at
Tajik reading?	bayʾat

Noun

Dari	بیعت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	байъат

بیعت • (bey'at)

1. allegiance

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: बैअत (baiat)
  • Urdu: بَیعَت (baiʻat)
• → Punjabi:
  • Shahmukhi script: بَیْعَت (baiʻat)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بیعت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیعت (bay'at), itself from Arabic بَيْعَة (bayʕa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɛː.(ʔ)ət̪/, /bɛː.(j)ət̪/, /bɛːt̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪, -ɛːt̪
• Homophone: بیت (bait)

Noun

بَیعَت • (baiʻat) f (Hindi spelling बैअत)

1. act of swearing allegiance; fealty (especially religiously)

Declension

Declension of بیعت
	singular	plural
direct	بیعت (baiʻat)	بیعتیں (baiʻatẽ)
oblique	بیعت (baiʻat)	بیعتوں (baiʻatõ)
vocative	بیعت (baiʻat)	بیعتو (baiʻato)

Further reading

• “بیعت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بیعت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بيعت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.