tʾht'

tʾht'

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• 𐬙𐬀𐬑𐬙‎ (taxt) (Pazend)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *taxta-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”).

Noun

tʾht' • (taxt)

1. throne

Derived terms

• tʾhtk' (taxtag)
• tʾhtgʾh (taxt-gah)

Descendants

(taking Middle Persian as representative of all Middle Iranian)

• Persian: تخت‎ (taxt)
  • Arabic: تَخْت‎ (taḵt)
  • Azerbaijani: taxt
    • Lezgi: тахт (taχt)
  • Avar: тах (tax)
  • Bashkir: тәхет (täxet)
  • Kazakh: тақ (taq)
  • Hindustani:
    • Urdu: تخت‎ (taxt)
    • Hindi: तख़्त (taxt)
  • Northern Kurdish: text
  • Middle Armenian: թախթ (tʿaxtʿ), թախտ (tʿaxt), թաղտ (tʿałt), թաղթ (tʿałtʿ)
    • Armenian: թախտ (tʿaxt) (in some dialects via Ottoman Turkish)
  • Malay: takhta (“throne”)
    • Indonesian: takhta
  • Ottoman Turkish: تخت‎ (taht)
    • → Romanian: taht, taft
    • → Serbo-Croatian: taht, тахт
    • Turkish: taht
  • Russian: тахта (taxta)
  • Kazakh: тақ (taq)
• Old Armenian: տախտ (taxt)
  • Armenian: տախտ (taxt)
• Old Georgian: ტახტი (ṭaxṭi)
  • Georgian: ტახტი (ṭaxṭi)
    • Bats: ტახტ (ṭaxṭ)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “տախտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 359a
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “taxt”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83
• Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 1987, page 157
• Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 127