ضبط

From Proto-Semitic *ṣbṭ- (“to seize, take hold of, catch”). Compare Akkadian 𒍝𒁀𒌈 (ṣabātum, “to seize”) and Biblical Hebrew צָבַט (ṣɔbaṭ, “to reach, hold”).

• IPA^(key): /dˤa.ba.tˤa/

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ضَبَطَ • (ḍabaṭa) I (non-past يَضْبِطُ (yaḍbiṭu), verbal noun ضَبْط (ḍabṭ))

1. to do something accurately
2. to confiscate
3. to check up, to check out
4. to regulate, to adjust, to fix, to set
5. to guard, to take care of

ضَبْط • (ḍabṭ) m

1. verbal noun of ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa) (form I)
2. verification
3. apprehension
4. correction, rectification
5. correctness, accuracy, exactness

• بالضبط

• → Azerbaijani: zəbt
• → Middle Armenian: զաւթ (zawtʻ), զաֆտ (zaft)
  • Armenian: զավթ (zavtʻ), զաֆթ (zaftʻ), զափտ (zapʻt)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ضبط
  • → Romanian: zapt
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: запт

    Latin script: zapt

  • Turkish: zapt
• → Persian: ضبط
  • → Middle Bengali: জব্ত (jobto)
    • Bengali: জব্দ (jobdo)
  • → Gujarati: જપ્ત (japt)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ज़ब्त (zabt)

    Urdu: ضبط (zabt)

  • → Marathi: जप्त (j̈apta)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਬਤ (zabat)

    Shahmukhi script: ضَبط (ẓabt̤)

• → Uzbek: zabt

• “ضبط” in Almaany
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “ضبط”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ضبط”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ضبط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa).

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈðˤəbːətˤ/

ضَبَّط • (ḏ̣abbaṭ) (imperfect يضَبِّط (yḏ̣abbiṭ))

1. to hook someone up (provide with needs, give special treatment, etc)
2. to hook up with someone (get acquainted with someone in order to form a romantic relationship)
3. to bring to order, to fix, to hook up

• IPA^(key): /zˤab.batˤ/, /dˤab.batˤ/

ضبط • (ẓabbaṭ) II (non-past يِضَبِّط (yiẓabbiṭ))

1. to do something accurately
2. to regulate, to adjust, to fix, to set

   Alternative form: (non-standard spelling) زَبَّط (ẓabbaṭ)

From Arabic ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa).

• IPA^(key): /zˤa.batˤ/, /dˤa.batˤ/

ضبط • (ẓabaṭ) I (non-past يِضَبُط (yiẓbuṭ))

1. to be fixed
2. to be corrected

   Alternative form: (non-standard spelling) زَبَط (ẓabaṭ)

The roots ⟨ض ب ط⟩ and ⟨ض ر ط⟩ are the only roots where ض is pronounced /zˤ/ instead of the standard /dˤ/.

ضبط • (zabt)

1. seizure

• → Romanian: zapt
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: запт

  Latin script: zapt

• Turkish: zapt

Borrowed from Arabic ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).

ضبط • (zabt) (plural ضبط‌ها (zabt-hâ))

1. confiscation
2. record; archive
3. cassette, tape; recording
4. (dated) restraining; holding fast to
5. (dated) management; control

• → Middle Bengali: জব্ত (jobto)
  • Bengali: জব্দ (jobdo)
• → Gujarati: જપ્ત (japt)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़ब्त (zabt)

  Urdu: ضبط (zabt)

• → Marathi: जप्त (j̈apta)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਬਤ (zabat)

  Shahmukhi script: ضَبط (ẓabt̤)

ضبط • (ẓabaṭ) I (present بضبط (boẓboṭ))

1. Alternative spelling of زبط (ẓabaṭ)

ضبط • (ẓabṭ) m

1. Alternative spelling of زبط (ẓabṭ)

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضبط (zabt), from Arabic ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zəbt̪/

ضَبْط • (zabt) (Hindi spelling ज़ब्त)

1. seized, confiscated

ضَبْط • (zabt) m (Hindi spelling ज़ब्त)

1. seizing, confiscation
2. control, composure

• “ضبط”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ضبط”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.