# بت
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* ب ت ت (b t t)
* 3 terms

#### Pronunciation

* Verb:(file)

#### Verb

بَتَّ • (batta) I (non-past يَبُتُّ (yabuttu) or يَبِتُّ (yabittu), verbal noun بَتّ (batt))
* to cut off, to sever
    Synonyms: قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa), بَتَرَ (batara), جَزَمَ (jazama)
* to complete, to finish, to achieve, to accomplish
* to fix, to settle, to determine, to decide
* to adjudge, to adjudicate

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

بَتّ • (batt) m
* verbal noun of بَتَّ (batta) (form I)
* settlement, decision, resolution

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

بت (form I)
* بِتُّ (bittu) /bit.tu/: first-person singular past active of بَاتَ (bāta)
* بِتَّ (bitta) /bit.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of بَاتَ (bāta)
* بِتِّ (bitti) /bit.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of بَاتَ (bāta)
* بِتْ (bit) /bit/: second-person masculine singular imperative of بَاتَ (bāta)

## Baluchi
### Noun

بت • (but)
* idol

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

Shortened form of بنت (bint, “girl; daughter”).

### Noun

بتّ • (bitt) f
* (somewhat rude) girl

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bĕt (“face”).

#### Noun

بت • (bet)
* complexion

##### Derived terms

* بت بڭیز (bet beñiz)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *bït (“louse”).

#### Noun

بت • (bit)
* (specifically) louse
* (generally) a sucking insect on plant or animal

##### Derived terms

* بوغدای بتی (buğday biti, “wheat weevil”)
* قاصق بتی (kasık biti, “crab louse”)

### Etymology 3

From Persian بد.

#### Adjective

بت • (bet)
* ugly

### Etymology 4

From Arabic بَتّ (batt)

#### Verb

بت • (bet)
* cutting off
* deciding

### Etymology 5

From Persian بت (but).

#### Noun

بت • (but or put)
* idol

### References

* ↑ 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
* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 338
* ↑ 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
* 1 2 3 4 Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 339
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bet1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* ↑ 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

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [but]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bʊt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bʊt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bʊt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [but̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [bot̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [but̪]

#### Noun

بت • (bot) (plural بت‌ها (bot-hâ) or بتان (botân))
* idol
    Synonym: صنم (sanam)
** c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The reign of Gushtāsp”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎:چو آگه شدند از نکو دین اوی گرفتند آن راه و آیین اوی بتان از سر کوه میسوختند بجای بت آذر برافروختندčō āgah šudand az nikū dīn-i ōy giriftand ān rāh u āyīn-i ōy butān az sar-i kōh mē-sūxtand ba jāy-i but āḏar bar-afrūxtandWhen they learned of the good religion of his, They took up the ways and customs of his; They burned the idols from the mountaintops, And in the idol's place, they lit the sacred flame.(Classical Persian romanization)
* beauty; beautiful person; the beloved
    Synonyms: صنم (sanam), جانان (jânân), دلبر (delbar), دلستان (delsetân)
** c. 950, Abū‘l-Hasan Ali Munjīk, گنج سخن, 4th edition, volume 1, Tehran: Ibn-i Sīnā, published 1961, page 50:ما را جگر بتیر تو خسته گشت ای صبر بر فراق بتان نیک جوشنیmā rā jigar ba tīr-i firāq-i tu xasta gašt ay sabr bar firāq-i butān nēk jawšan-īMy 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
* → Gujarati: બુત (but)
* → Ottoman Turkish: بت (but, put)
** Turkish: put
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬੁੱਤ (butta)
    Shahmukhi script: بت (but)
* → Turkmen: but
* → Ushojo: بت (but)
* → Urdu: بت (but)
* → Uzbek: but

### Etymology 2

A wanderwort related to Arabic بَطَّة (baṭṭa), بَطّ (baṭṭ), Old Armenian բադ (bad), Hindi बत्तख़ (battax), Punjabi ਬੱਤਖ਼ (battax) / بَطَّخ (bat̤t̤ax), Gujarati બતક (batak).

#### Alternative forms

* بط

#### Noun

بت • (bat) (plural بت‌ها (bat-hâ))
* duck

##### Descendants

* → Malayalam: വാത്ത (vātta), വാത്ത് (vāttŭ), പാത്ത (pātta)
* → Tamil: வாத்து (vāttu)
** → Irula: வாத்து (vāttu)
* → Telugu: బాతు (bātu)

## 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)
* shipworm

##### Declension

Declension of بت :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | بت (bat) | بت (bat) |
| oblique | بت (bat) | بتوں (batõ) |
| vocative | بت (bat) | بتو (bato) |

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بت (bat, “mark, score”).

#### Noun

بَت • (bat) m (Hindi spelling बत)
* line
* mark

##### Declension

Declension of بت :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | بت (bat) | بت (bat) |
| oblique | بت (bat) | بتوں (batõ) |
| vocative | بت (bat) | بتو (bato) |

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian بت (but), from Middle Persian [script needed] (bwt' /⁠but⁠/, “Buddha, idol”), ultimately from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha). Doublet of بدھ (buddh).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bʊt̪/
* Rhymes: -ʊt̪

#### Noun

بُت • (but) m (Hindi spelling बुत)
* idol, icon
* statue
* (figurative) mistress

##### Declension

Declension of بت :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | بُت (but) | بُت (but) |
| oblique | بُت (but) | بُتوں (butõ) |
| vocative | بُت (but) | بُتو (buto) |

##### Synonyms

* صنم (sanam)
* (idol, statue, icon): مورت (mūrat)

##### Derived terms

* بت پرست (but-parast, “idolater”)
* بت پرستی (but-parastī, “idolatry”)

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Classical Persian بت (but).

### Noun

بُت (but)
* statue