تخت

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taxt/

Noun

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

  1. bed, couch
  2. bench
    تَخْتُ الْمُلْكtaḵtu al-mulkroyal throne
  3. seat, capital
  4. sofa
  5. chest, box, case
  6. wardrobe
  7. platform, dais
  8. band, orchestra

Declension

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 (transliteration needed)

  1. throne

Descendants

  • Uyghur: تەخت (text)
  • Uzbek: taxt

References

  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “تخت”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary] (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)
  • تختدار (tahtdâr)
  • تختداری (tahtdâri)
  • تختگاه (tahtgâh)

Descendants

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, London: Allen, page 34

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾht' /⁠taxt⁠/). Compare Central Kurdish تات (tat).

Pronunciation

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

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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]
  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. bed
    Synonym: فرشة (farše)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تخت (taxt).

Pronunciation

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, 2024.
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