بخت

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Back-formed and simplified from a nisba-epitheted name, as it has also been called الْبَخْتَرِيّ (al-baḵtariyy) الْإِبِل الْخُرَاسَانِيَّة (al-ʔibil al-ḵurāsāniyya), الْجَمَل الْبُخَارِيّ (al-jamal al-buḵāriyy) etc., various connections made to Bactria, Balkh and Bukhara.

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Noun

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بُخْت (buḵtm (collective, singulative بُخْتِيّ m or f (buḵtiyy) or بُخْتِيَّة (buḵtiyya), plural بَخَاتِيّ (baḵātiyy))

  1. a half-breed from a male Bactrian camel and a female dromedary
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 37:190:
      رُؤُوسُهُنَّ كَأَسْنِمَةِ الْبُخْتِ الْمَائِلَةِ
      ruʔūsuhunna kaʔasnimati l-buḵti l-māʔilati
      Their heads are inclined like the humps of Bactrian dromedaries.
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Etymology 2

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From Persian بخت (baxt) or its earlier forms.

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Noun

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بَخْت (baḵtm (plural بُخُوت (buḵūt))

  1. luck
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  • Algerian Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
  • Egyptian Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
  • Gulf Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
  • Omani Arabic: بخت (baḵt)
  • South Levantine Arabic: بخت (baḵt)

Khalaj

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Noun

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بَخت (baxt, bəxt) (definite accusative بَختی or بَختؽ, plural بَختلَر or بَختلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of baxt, bəxt (luck)

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian بخت (baxt, luck, fortune), itself from Middle Persian [script needed] (b(ʾ)ht' /⁠baxt⁠/, fortune, luck).

Noun

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بخت (baht)

  1. fortune, chance, the arrival of something in an unexpected manner
    Synonyms: طالع (taliʼ), قسمت (kismet)
  2. luck, fortune, something favorable that happens to someone by chance
    Synonyms: اوغور (uğur), حظ (hazz), دولت (devlet), طالع (taliʼ), قوت (kut)

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (b(ʾ)ht' /⁠baxt⁠/, fortune, luck) which is the past stem of Middle Persian [script needed] (b(ʾ)htn', bhš- /⁠baxtan, baxš⁠/, to apportion, to distribute, to allocate) , from Proto-Iranian *bagta- (assigned, allotted; fate), a lexicalized past participle ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (to distribute); see there for further information.

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Readings
Classical reading? baxt
Dari reading? baxt
Iranian reading? baxt
Tajik reading? baxt

Noun

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بخت (baxt)

  1. fortune, prosperity, felicity, happiness
  2. luck (good or bad)
  3. horoscope, nativity, planet, constellation
  4. nightmare
  5. kind of locust

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