تخت

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

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. bed
  2. couch, sofa
  3. bench
    تَخْتُ الْمُلْك ― taḵtu al-mulk ― royal throne
  4. seat, capital
  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

Azerbaijani

Noun

تخت

  1. Arabic spelling of təxt

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت.

Noun

تخت (taḫt) (plural تختلار)

  1. throne

Descendants

  • Uyghur: تەخت (text)
  • Uzbek: taxt

References

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَخْت (taḵt).

Pronunciation

Noun

تخت • (taḵt) m (plural تخوتة (tḵūte))

  1. bed

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

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
      Synonyms: اَوْرَنْك (evrenk), كُرْسِی (kürsî)

Descendants

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

Noun

تخت • (taxt) m

  1. throne

Further reading

  • Bellew, Henry Walter (1867) “تخت”, in A Dictionary of the Pukkhto or Pukshto Language‎, London: Allen, page 34

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (tʾht' /⁠taxt⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”). Compare Central Kurdish تات (tat).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? taxt
Dari reading? taxt
Iranian reading? taxt
Tajik reading? taxt

Adjective

تخت • (taxt)

Dari تخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik тахт
  1. flat

Noun

تخت • (taxt) (plural تخت‌ها)

  1. throne
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی , volume II, verse 1532:
      این محبت هم نتیجهی دانش است
      کی گزافه بر چنین تختی نشست
      īn mahabbat ham natīja-i dāniš ast
      kī gazāfa bar čunīn taxt-ē nišast
      This love, moreover, is the result of knowledge:
      who (ever) sat in foolishness on such a throne?
  2. capital
  3. seat
  4. sofa
  5. bed

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَخْت (taxt).

Noun

تَخْت • (taxt) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਖ਼ਤ)

  1. throne
    Synonym: اَوْرَنْگ (aurang)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تخت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تخت (taxt).

Noun

تَخْتُ • (taxtu) m (Devanagari तख़्तु)

  1. throne

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “تَخْتُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • “تخت”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَخْت (taḵt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taxt/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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

  1. bed
    Synonym: فرشة (farše)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تخت (taxt).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَخْت • (taxt) m (Hindi spelling तख़्त)

  1. throne
    Synonym: اَوْرَنْگ (aurang)

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “تخت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “تخت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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