موت

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See also: م و ت

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of مَاتَ (māta, to die, to perish), from م و ت (m-w-t). Compare Akkadian 𒁁 (mūtum, death), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mt, death), Aramaic ܡܘܬܐ, Hebrew מָוֶת (mávet, death), Amharic ሞት (mot, death) and Egyptian mt

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mawt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

مَوْت (mawtm

  1. verbal noun of مَاتَ (māta) (form I)
  2. death
    Antonym: حَيَاة (ḥayāh)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:78:
      أَيۡنَمَا تَكُونُوا۟ يُدۡرِككُّمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ وَلَوۡ كُنتُمۡ فِي بُرُوجࣲ مُّشَيَّدَةࣲ
      ʾaynamā takūnū yudrikkumu l-mawtu wa-law kuntum fī burūjin mušayyadatin
      Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction.
  3. demise

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: موت (mōt)
  • Maltese: mewt
  • Moroccan Arabic: موت (mūt)
  • Azerbaijani: mövt
  • Chagatai: موت
  • Hindustani:
  • Malay: maut
  • Ottoman Turkish: موت (mevt)
  • Persian: موت (mowt)
  • Swahili: mauti

Verb

مَوَّتَ (mawwata) II (non-past يُمَوِّتُ (yumawwitu), verbal noun تَمْوِيت (tamwīt))

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) to die off
  2. (transitive) to make die, let perish, to kill, to cause the death of

Conjugation

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

Pronunciation

Noun

موت (mōtm (dual موتين (mōttēn), plural موتات (mōtāt))

  1. death
    Synonym: وفاة (wafāt)
    Antonym: حياة (ḥayāt)
    مسألة حياة وموت
    masʾalat ḥayāt u mōt
    A matter of life and death

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَوَّتَ (mawwata).

Pronunciation

Verb

موت (mawwat) II (non-past يموت (ymawwit))

  1. to cause to die, to kill
    Synonym: ذبح (ḏibaḥ)
    Antonym: احيى (aḥya)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
م و ت
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

Pronunciation

Noun

موت (mōtm (dual موتتين (mōtatēn), plural موتات (mōtāt))

  1. death
    Synonym: وفاة (wafā(t))
    Antonym: حياة (ḥayā)

See also

  • موتة (mōta, life in video games)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَوَّت (mawwat).

Pronunciation

Verb

موت (mawwat) II (non-past يِمَوِّت (yimawwit), verbal noun تَمْويت (tamwīt), passive participle مُميت (mumīt))

  1. to cause to die, to kill
    Synonyms: ذَبَح (dabaḥ), قَتَل (gatal), قَتَّل (gattal)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of موت (mawwat)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m موتّ (mawwatt) موتّ (mawwatt) موت (mawwat) موتنا (mawwatna) موتّوا (mawwattu) موتوا (mawwatu)
f موتّي (mawwatti) موتت (mawwatat)
non-past m أموت (ʔamawwit) تموت (timawwit) يموت (yimawwit) نموت (nimawwit) تموتوا (timawwitu) يموتوا (yimawwitu)
f تموتي (timawwiti) تموت (timawwit)
imperative m موت (mawwit) موتوا (mawwitu)
f موتي (mawwiti)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

موت (mūt)

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of مات (māt)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mawt
Dari reading? mawt
Iranian reading? mowt
Tajik reading? mavt

Noun

Dari موت
Iranian Persian
Tajik мавт

موت (mowt) (plural موت‌ها (mowt-hâ) or اموات (amvât))

  1. death
    Synonyms: فنا, فوت, اجل, درگذشت, مرگ, ممات, وفات, میر
    Antonyms: حیات, زندگی, زندگانی

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م و ت
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

Pronunciation

Noun

موت (mōtm

  1. death

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian موت (mawt), from Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَوت (mautf (Hindi spelling मौत)

  1. death, demise
    Synonym: مَرتِیو
  2. mortality
Declension
    Declension of موت
singular plural
direct مَوت (maut) مَوتیں (mautẽ)
oblique مَوت (maut) مَوتوں (mautõ)
vocative مَوت (maut) مَوتو (mauto)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (mutta), from Sanskrit मूत्र (mū́tra). Doublet of مُوتْر (mūtr).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُوت (mūtm (Hindi spelling मूत)

  1. urine, piss
    Synonym: پیشاب (peśāb)
Declension
    Declension of موت
singular plural
direct مُوت (mūt) مُوت (mūt)
oblique مُوت (mūt) مُوتوں (mūtõ)
vocative مُوت (mūt) مُوتو (mūto)

Further reading

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “موت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 619
  • موت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.