ثروت

See also: بروت, تزوت, and پروت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَرْوَة (ṯarwa, “wealth, riches”), a derivation from the verb ثَرَا (ṯarā, “to be numerous”).

Noun

ثروت • (servet)

1. wealth, riches, a great ammount of valuable assets or possessions

   Synonyms: سرمایه (sermaye), مایه (maye)

Derived terms

• ارباب ثروت (erbab-i servet, “rich people”)
• علم ثروت (ʼilm-i servet, “economics”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: servet

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “servet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4166
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “servet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1132
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ثروت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 425
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Opulentia”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1214
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ثروت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1521
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “servet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ثروت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 624

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَرْوَة (ṯarwa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saɾwat/
• (Dari) IPA^(key): /saɾwat/
• (Iran) IPA^(key): /seɾvæt/
• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /saɾvat/

Noun

ثروت • (servat)

1. wealth

Derived terms

• ثروتمند (servatmand)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ثروت (sarvat), from Arabic ثَرْوَة (ṯarwa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səɾ.ʋət̪/

Noun

ثروت • (sarvat) f

1. wealth
2. affluence
3. multitude
4. power
5. authority

Related terms

• ثروت مند (sarvat-mand, “wealthy”)