راحت

Arabic

Verb

رَاحَتْ • (rāḥat) (form I) /raː.ħat/

1. third-person feminine singular past active of رَاحَ (rāḥa)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

Noun

راحت • (rahat)

1. ease, rest, repose, tranquility, comfort
2. anything that gives ease or pleasure; a solace, a comfort

Related terms

• راحت الحلقوم (râhatü'l-hulkûm), (vulg.) راحت لوقوم (rahat lokum)

Adjective

راحت • (rahat)

1. at ease
2. quiet, tranquil
3. comfortable, easy

Adverb

راحت • (rahat)

1. comfortably, quietly

Descendants

• Turkish: rahat
• → Adyghe: рэхьат (rɛḥat)
• → Albanian: rehat
• → Bulgarian: раха́т (rahát)
• → Macedonian: раат (raat)
• → Romanian: rahat
• → Serbo-Croatian: ráhat／ра́хат

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “راحت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian

Persian

Dari	راحت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	роҳат

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾɑː.ˈhat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑː.ɦǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑː.ɦǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑːǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rɔːǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒː.ɦǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔ.ɦǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	rāhat
Dari reading?	rāhat
Iranian reading?	râhat
Tajik reading?	rohat

Noun

راحت • (râhat)

1. comfort
2. repose

Adjective

راحت • (râhat) (comparative راحت‌تَر (râhat-tar), superlative راحت‌تَرین (râhat-tarin))

1. comfortable

   Antonym: ناراحت (nârâhat)

2. at ease
3. easy

   Antonym: سخت (saxt)

Derived terms

• راحتی (râhati)