बाबत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بابت (bābat), from Arabic بابة (bāba, “class, category”). Compare Bengali বাবত (babot), Marathi बाबत (bābat).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.bət̪/, [bäː.bɐt̪]

Noun

बाबत • (bābat) f (Urdu spelling بابت)

1. account, matter, business

Declension

Declension of बाबत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बाबत bābat	बाबतें bābatẽ
oblique	बाबत bābat	बाबतों bābatõ
vocative	बाबत bābat	बाबतो bābato

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाबत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بابت (bābat), from Arabic بابة (bāba, “class, category”).

Noun

बाबत • (bābat) f

1. matter, issue

Postposition

बाबत • (bābat)

1. regarding

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “बाबत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बाबत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press