بت

See also: پت‎, بَٹ‎, تب‎, and بٞٹ‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ب ت ت‎ (b-t-t).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

بَتَّ • (batta) I, non-past يَبُتُّ‎ or يَبِتُّ‎‎ (yabuttu or yabittu)

  1. to cut off, to sever
    Synonyms: قَطَعَ‎ (qaṭaʕa), بَتَرَ‎ (batara), جَزَمَ‎ (jazama)
  2. to complete, to finish, to achieve, to accomplish
  3. to fix, to settle, to determine, to decide
  4. to adjudge, to adjudicate
Conjugation

Noun

بَتّ • (batt) m

  1. verbal noun of بَتَّ (batta) (form I)
  2. settlement, decision, resolution
Declension

Verb

بِتُّ • (bittu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular past active of بَاتَ‎ (bāta)

Verb

بِتَّ • (bitta) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular past active of بَاتَ‎ (bāta)

Verb

بِتْ • (bit) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of بَاتَ‎ (bāta)

Verb

بِتِّ • (bitti) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular past active of بَاتَ‎ (bāta)

Baluchi

Noun

بت • (but)

  1. idol

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bĕt (“face”).[1][2]

Noun

بت • (bet)

  1. complexion
Derived terms
  • بت بڭیز‎ (bet beñiz)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *bït (“louse”).[3][4]

Noun

بت • (bit)

  1. (specifically) louse
  2. (generally) a sucking insect on plant or animal

Etymology 3

From Persian بد‎[4][5].

Adjective

بت • (bet)

  1. ugly

Etymology 4

From Arabic بَتّ‎ (batt)[4]

Verb

بت • (bet)

  1. cutting off
  2. deciding

Etymology 5

From Persian بت‎ (bot)[4][6].

Noun

بت or بت • (but or put)

  1. idol

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bɨt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 338
  3. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bĕt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 339
  5. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bet1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  6. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “put”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian bwt' (/but/, “Buddha, idol”), ultimately from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha). In the earliest New Persian sources of the ninth century, the word already has the extended meaning of “beautiful person; the beloved” (whom one worships instead of God).

Pronunciation

Noun

بت • (bot) (plural بت‌ها‎ (bot-hâ) or بتان‎ (botân))

  1. idol
    Synonym: صنم‎ (sanam)
  2. beauty; beautiful person; the beloved
    Synonyms: صنم‎ (sanam), جانان‎ (jânân), دلبر‎ (delbar), دلستان‎ (delsetân)
    • c. 950, Abū‘l-Hasan Ali Munjīk, گنج سخن, volume 1, 4 edition, Tehran: Ibn-i Sīnā, published 1961, page 50:
      ‏ما را جگر بتیر تو خسته گشت
      ای صبر بر فراق بتان نیک جوشنی
      ‎
      mā rā jigar ba tīr-i firāq-i tu xasta gašt
      ay sabr bar firāq-i butān nēk jawšan-ī
      My heart [lit. liver] has been wounded by the arrow of separation from you;
      O patience! You are a fine breastplate against separation from beauties.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
Derived terms
  • بت‌خانه‎ (bot-xâne, “idol temple”)
  • بت‌شکن‎ (bot-šekan, “idol-breaker”)
  • بت‌پرست‎ (bot-parast, “idolater; someone besotted by love”)
  • بت‌پرستی‎ (bot-parasti, “idolatry; absolute love”)
  • بت‌کده‎ (bot-kade, “idol temple”)
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: büt
  • → Baluchi: بت‎ (but)
  • → Bengali: বুত (but)
  • → Crimean Tatar: put
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بت‎ (bot)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬੁੱਤ (butta)
    Shahmukhi script: بت‎ (but)
  • → Turkmen: but
  • → Ushojo: بت (but)
  • → Urdu: بت‎ (but)
  • → Uzbek: but

Etymology 2

A wanderwort. See Old Armenian բադ (bad, “duck”).

Noun

بت • (bat) (plural بت‌ها‎ (bat-hâ))

  1. Alternative spelling of بط‎ (bat, “duck”).

Urdu

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

بَت • (bat) m (Hindi spelling बत)

  1. shipworm
Declension
Declension of بت
singular plural
direct بت‎ (bat) بت‎ (bat)
oblique بت‎ (bat) بتوں‎ (batō̃)
vocative بت‎ (bat) بتو‎ (batō)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

بَت • (bat) m (Hindi spelling बत)

  1. line
  2. mark
Declension
Declension of بت
singular plural
direct بت‎ (bat) بت‎ (bat)
oblique بت‎ (bat) بتوں‎ (batō̃)
vocative بت‎ (bat) بتو‎ (batō)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian بت‎ (bot), from Middle Persian [script needed] (bwt' /but/, “Buddha, idol”).

Pronunciation

Noun

بُت • (but) m (Hindi spelling बुत)

  1. idol, icon
  2. statue
  3. (figurative) mistress
Declension
Declension of بت
singular plural
direct بُت‎ (but) بُت‎ (but)
oblique بُت‎ (but) بُتوں‎ (butō̃)
vocative بُت‎ (but) بُتو‎ (butō)
Synonyms
Derived terms

Ushojo

Etymology

From Persian بت‎ (bot).

Noun

بُت (but)

  1. statue
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