تخت

See also: بخت, بحت, تجب, تحب, بحث, تحت, and ب ح ث

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taxt/

Noun

تَخْت • (taḵt) m (plural تُخُوت (tuḵūt))

1. bed
2. couch, sofa
3. bench

   تَخْتُ الْمُلْك ― taḵtu al-mulk ― royal throne

4. seat, capital
5. chest, box, case
6. wardrobe
7. platform, dais
8. band, orchestra

Declension

Declension of noun تَخْت (taḵt)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَخْت taḵt	التَّخْت at-taḵt	تَخْت taḵt
nominative	تَخْتٌ taḵtun	التَّخْتُ at-taḵtu	تَخْتُ taḵtu
accusative	تَخْتًا taḵtan	التَّخْتَ at-taḵta	تَخْتَ taḵta
genitive	تَخْتٍ taḵtin	التَّخْتِ at-taḵti	تَخْتِ taḵti
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَخْتَيْن taḵtayn	التَّخْتَيْن at-taḵtayn	تَخْتَيْ taḵtay
nominative	تَخْتَانِ taḵtāni	التَّخْتَانِ at-taḵtāni	تَخْتَا taḵtā
accusative	تَخْتَيْنِ taḵtayni	التَّخْتَيْنِ at-taḵtayni	تَخْتَيْ taḵtay
genitive	تَخْتَيْنِ taḵtayni	التَّخْتَيْنِ at-taḵtayni	تَخْتَيْ taḵtay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تُخُوت tuḵūt	التُّخُوت at-tuḵūt	تُخُوت tuḵūt
nominative	تُخُوتٌ tuḵūtun	التُّخُوتُ at-tuḵūtu	تُخُوتُ tuḵūtu
accusative	تُخُوتًا tuḵūtan	التُّخُوتَ at-tuḵūta	تُخُوتَ tuḵūta
genitive	تُخُوتٍ tuḵūtin	التُّخُوتِ at-tuḵūti	تُخُوتِ tuḵūti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “تخت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Azerbaijani

Noun

تخت

1. Arabic spelling of təxt

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت.

Noun

تخت (taḫt) (plural تختلار)

1. throne

Descendants

• Uyghur: تەخت (text)
• Uzbek: taxt

References

• Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “تخت”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَخْت (taḵt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taxᵊt/

Noun

تخت • (taḵt) m (plural تخوتة (tḵūte))

1. bed

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

Noun

تخت • (taht)

1. any raised structure used for sitting or reclining on, such as a bench, sofa or bier, but especially:
   1. throne, an impressive seat used by a monarch

      Synonyms: اَوْرَنْك (evrenk), كُرْسِی (kürsî)

Related terms

• تختدار (tahtdâr)
• تختداری (tahtdâri)
• تختگاه (tahtgâh)

Descendants

• Turkish: taht
• → Romanian: taht, taft
• → Serbo-Croatian: taht, тахт

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

Noun

تخت • (taxt) m

1. throne

Further reading

• Bellew, Henry Walter (1867) “تخت”, in A Dictionary of the Pukkhto or Pukshto Language‎^[2], London: Allen, page 34

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾht' /⁠taxt⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”). Compare Central Kurdish تات (tat).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈtaxt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽxt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽxt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽxt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽxt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽxt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽχt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	taxt
Dari reading?	taxt
Iranian reading?	taxt
Tajik reading?	taxt

Adjective

تخت • (taxt)

Dari	تخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тахт

1. flat

Noun

تخت • (taxt) (plural تخت‌ها (taxt-hâ))

1. throne
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1532:

     این محبت هم نتیجهی دانش است
     کی گزافه بر چنین تختی نشست

     īn mahabbat ham natīja-i dāniš ast
     kī gazāfa bar čunīn taxt-ē nišast

     This love, moreover, is the result of knowledge:
     who (ever) sat in foolishness on such a throne?

2. capital
3. seat
4. sofa
5. bed

Derived terms

• تخت جمشید (taxt-e jamšid)
• تخت خواب (taxt-e xâb)
• تخت روان (taxt-e ravân)
• تخت سلیمان (taxt-e soleymân)
• تخت طاووس (taxt-e tâvus)
• تختگاه (taxtgâh)
• پایتخت (pâytaxt)

Descendants

• → Arabic: تَخْت (taḵt)
• → Azerbaijani: təxt, taxt
• → Avar: тах (tax)
• → Bashkir: тәхет (təxet)
• → Chagatai: تخت
  • Uyghur: تەخت (text)
  • Uzbek: taxt
• → Gujarati: તખ્ત (takht)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तख़्त (taxt)

  Urdu: تخت (taxt)

• → Kazakh: тақ (taq)
• → Kyrgyz: так (tak)
• → Lezgi: тахт (taꭓt)
• → Middle Armenian: թախթ (tʻaxtʻ), թախտ (tʻaxt), թաղտ (tʻaġt), թաղթ (tʻaġtʻ)
  • Armenian: (in some dialects via Ottoman Turkish) թախտ (tʻaxt)
• → Malay: takhta
  • Indonesian: takhta
• → Northern Kurdish: text
• → Ottoman Turkish: تخت (taht)
  • Turkish: taht
  • → Romanian: taht, taft
  • → Serbo-Croatian: taht, тахт
• → Pashto: تخت (taxt)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਤਖ਼ਤ (taxat)
  • Shahmukhi script: تَخْت (taxt)
• → Sindhi:
  • Arabic script: تخت
  • Devanagari script: तख्तु
• → Tatar: тәхет (täxet)
• → Turkmen: tagt

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تخت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَخْت (taxt).

Noun

تَخْت • (taxt) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਖ਼ਤ)

1. throne

   Synonym: اَوْرَنْگ (aurang)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تخت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تخت (taxt).

Noun

تَخْتُ • (taxtu) m (Devanagari तख़्तु)

1. throne

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “تَخْتُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• “تخت”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَخْت (taḵt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taxt/, [ˈta.x(ɪ)t]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

تخت • (taḵt) m (plural تخوت (tḵūt) or تخوتة (tḵūte))

1. bed

   Synonym: فرشة (farše)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تخت (taxt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪əxt̪/

Noun

تَخْت • (taxt) m (Hindi spelling तख़्त)

1. throne

   Synonym: اَوْرَنْگ (aurang)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “تخت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “تخت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.