بیعت
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بیعت (bay'at), itself from Arabic بَيْعَة (bayʕa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bɛː.(ʔ)ət̪/, /bɛːt̪/
- Rhymes: -ət̪, -ɛːt̪
- Homophone: بیت (bait)
Noun
بَیعَت • (baiʻat) f (Hindi spelling बैअत)
- act of swearing allegiance; fealty (especially religiously)
Declension
| Declension of بیعت | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | بیعت (baiʻat) | بیعتیں (baiʻatẽ) |
| oblique | بیعت (baiʻat) | بیعتوں (baiʻatõ) |
| vocative | بیعت (baiʻat) | بیعتو (baiʻato) |
References
- “بیعت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بیعت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.