تخت

تخت

See also: بخت‎, بحت‎, تجب‎, تحب‎, بحث‎, تحت‎, and ب ح ث‎

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت‎ (taxt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taxt/

Noun

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

1. bed, couch
2. bench

   ‏تَخْتُ الْمُلْك‎ ― taḵtu l-mulk ― royal throne

3. seat, capital
4. sofa
5. chest, box, case
6. wardrobe
7. platform, dais
8. band, orchestra

Declension

Declension of noun تَخْت (taḵt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَخْت taḵt	التَّخْت‎ at-taḵt	تَخْت taḵt
Nominative	تَخْتٌ taḵtun	التَّخْتُ‎ at-taḵtu	تَخْتُ taḵtu
Accusative	تَخْتًا‎ taḵtan	التَّخْتَ‎ at-taḵta	تَخْتَ taḵta
Genitive	تَخْتٍ taḵtin	التَّخْتِ‎ at-taḵti	تَخْتِ taḵti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَخْتَيْن‎ taḵtayn	التَّخْتَيْن‎ at-taḵtayn	تَخْتَيْ‎ taḵtay
Nominative	تَخْتَانِ‎ taḵtāni	التَّخْتَانِ‎ at-taḵtāni	تَخْتَا‎ taḵtā
Accusative	تَخْتَيْنِ‎ taḵtayni	التَّخْتَيْنِ‎ at-taḵtayni	تَخْتَيْ‎ taḵtay
Genitive	تَخْتَيْنِ‎ taḵtayni	التَّخْتَيْنِ‎ at-taḵtayni	تَخْتَيْ‎ taḵtay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُخُوت‎ tuḵūt	التُّخُوت‎ at-tuḵūt	تُخُوت‎ tuḵūt
Nominative	تُخُوتٌ‎ tuḵūtun	التُّخُوتُ‎ at-tuḵūtu	تُخُوتُ‎ tuḵūtu
Accusative	تُخُوتًا‎ tuḵūtan	التُّخُوتَ‎ at-tuḵūta	تُخُوتَ‎ tuḵūta
Genitive	تُخُوتٍ‎ tuḵūtin	التُّخُوتِ‎ at-tuḵūti	تُخُوتِ‎ tuḵūti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “تخت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَخْت‎ (taḵt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taxᵊt/

Noun

تخت • (taḵit) m (plural تخوتة‎ (tḵūte))

1. bed

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت‎ (taxt, “throne”).

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

      Synonym: كرسی‎ (kürsi)

Derived terms

• تختدار‎ (tahtdâr)
• تختداری‎ (tahtdâri)

Descendants

• → Romanian: taht, taft
• → Serbo-Croatian: taht, тахт
• Turkish: taht

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾht' /taxt/).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /taxt/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /taxt/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /tæxt/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /taxt/

Adjective

تخت • (taxt)

Dari	تخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тахт (taxt)

1. flat

Noun

تخت • (taxt) (plural تخت‌ها‎ (taxt-hâ))

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

Derived terms

• تخت خواب‎ (taxt-e xâb)
• تخت طاووس‎ (taxt-e tâvus)
• تخت جمشید‎ (taxt-e Jamshid)

Descendants

• 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)

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَخْت‎ (taḵt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taxt/, [ˈta.x(ɪ)t]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

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

1. bed

   Synonym: فرشة‎ (farše)