See also: م و ت

Arabic

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Etymology

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Verbal noun of مَاتَ (māta, to die, to perish), from م و ت (m-w-t). Compare Akkadian 𒁁 (mūtum, death), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt, death), Aramaic ܡܘܬܐ, Hebrew מָוֶת (mávet, death), Amharic ሞት (mot, death) and Egyptian mt

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mawt/
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Noun

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مَوْت (mawtm

  1. verbal noun of مَاتَ (māta) (form I)
  2. death
    Antonym: حَيَاة (ḥayāh)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:78:
      أَيۡنَمَا تَكُونُوا۟ يُدۡرِككُّمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ وَلَوۡ كُنتُمۡ فِي بُرُوجࣲ مُّشَيَّدَةࣲ
      ʾaynamā takūnū yudrikkumu l-mawtu wa-law kuntum fī burūjin mušayyadatin
      Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction.
  3. demise

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Descendants

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  • Gulf Arabic: موت (mōt)
  • Maltese: mewt
  • Moroccan Arabic: موت (mūt)
  • Azerbaijani: mövt
  • Chagatai: موت
  • Hindustani:
  • Malay: maut
  • Ottoman Turkish: موت (mevt)
  • Persian: موت (mowt)
  • Swahili: mauti

Verb

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مَوَّتَ (mawwata) II (non-past يُمَوِّتُ (yumawwitu), verbal noun تَمْوِيت (tamwīt))

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) to die off
  2. (transitive) to make die, let perish, to kill, to cause the death of

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Gulf Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

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Noun

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موت (mōtm (dual موتين (mōttēn), plural موتات (mōtāt))

  1. death
    Synonym: وفاة (wafāt)
    Antonym: حياة (ḥayāt)
    مسألة حياة وموت
    masʾalat ḥayāt u mōt
    A matter of life and death

Etymology 2

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From Arabic مَوَّتَ (mawwata).

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Verb

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موت (mawwat) II (non-past يموت (ymawwit))

  1. to cause to die, to kill
    Synonym: ذبح (ḏibaḥ)
    Antonym: احيى (aḥya)

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
م و ت
1 term

Etymology 1

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From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

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Noun

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موت (mōtm (dual موتتين (mōtatēn), plural موتات (mōtāt))

  1. death
    Synonym: وفاة (wafā(t))
    Antonym: حياة (ḥayā)

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  • موتة (mōta, life in video games)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic مَوَّت (mawwat).

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Verb

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موت (mawwat) II (non-past يِمَوِّت (yimawwit), verbal noun تَمْويت (tamwīt), passive participle مُميت (mumīt))

  1. to cause to die, to kill
    Synonyms: ذَبَح (dabaḥ), قَتَل (gatal), قَتَّل (gattal)
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of موت (mawwat)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m موتّ (mawwatt) موتّ (mawwatt) موت (mawwat) موتنا (mawwatna) موتّوا (mawwattu) موتوا (mawwatu)
f موتّي (mawwatti) موتت (mawwatat)
non-past m أموت (ʔamawwit) تموت (timawwit) يموت (yimawwit) نموت (nimawwit) تموتوا (timawwitu) يموتوا (yimawwitu)
f تموتي (timawwiti) تموت (timawwit)
imperative m موت (mawwit) موتوا (mawwitu)
f موتي (mawwiti)

Etymology 3

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موت (mūt)

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of مات (māt)

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

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Readings
Classical reading? mawt
Dari reading? mawt
Iranian reading? mowt
Tajik reading? mavt

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Dari موت
Iranian Persian
Tajik мавт

موت (mowt) (plural موت‌ها (mowt-hâ) or اموات (amvât))

  1. death
    Synonyms: فنا, فوت, اجل, درگذشت, مرگ, ممات, وفات, میر
    Antonyms: حیات, زندگی, زندگانی

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
م و ت
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

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Noun

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موت (mōtm

  1. death

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

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مَوت (mautf (Hindi spelling मौत)

  1. death
  2. demise
  3. mortality

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (mutta), from Sanskrit मूत्र (mū́tra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHtram, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *muH-. Doublet of مُوتْر (mūtr, learned borrowing). Cognate with Sindhi مُٽُ (muṭu), Rajasthani मूत (mūt), Punjabi ਮੂਤਰ (mūtar).

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مُوت (mūtm (Hindi spelling मूत)

  1. urine, piss
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