# طبیعت
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa, “nature, quality, essence”).

### Noun

طبیعت • (tabiʼat)
* nature, the essential or innate qualities and characteristics of a person or thing
    Synonym: طبع (tabʼ)
* nature, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order
    Synonym: یارادلش (yaradılış)
* good taste, refinement, natural elegance in behaviour, manner, or taste

#### Derived terms

* طبیعت ایتمك (tabiʼat itmek, “to get used to”)
* طبیعت بشریه (tabiʼat-ı beşeriye, “the human nature”)
* طبیعتجه (tabiʼatca, “conformable to taste”)
* طبیعتسز (tabiʼatsız, “contrary to good taste”)
* طبیعتلو (tabiʼatlı, “possessed of refined taste”)
* طبیعتیله (tabiʼatıyla, “naturally”)

#### Related terms

* طبع (tabʼ, “printing, stamping”)
* طبیعی (tabiʼi, “natural”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: tabiat
* → Romanian: tabiet

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tabiat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4520
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “tabîat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1209
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طبیعت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 800
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Natura”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1119
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “طبیعت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3089
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tabiat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طبیعت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1233

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ta.βiː.ˈʔat]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.beː.ʔǽt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.beː.ʔǽt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [t̪ʰä.bi.jǽt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [t̪ʰä.bi.jǽt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰæ.biː.ʔǽt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰä.bi.ʔǽt̪]

### Noun

| Dari | طبیعت |
| Iranian Persian | طبیعت |
| Tajik | табиат |
طَبیعَت • (tabi'at)
* nature; temperament; disposition; character
    Synonym: نهاد (nahâd)
    طبیعت انسانی ― tabi'at-e ensâni ― human nature
* nature; natural world
    Synonym: زاستار (zâstâr)
** 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “معشوق من”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]‎:معشوق من همچون طبیعت مفهوم ناگزیر صریحی دارد او با شکست من قانون صادقانهٔ قدرت را تأیید میکندma'šuq-e man hamčon tabi'at mafhum-e nâgozir-e sarihi dârad u bâ šekast-e man qânun-e sâdeqâne-ye qodrat râ ta'yid mi-konadJust like nature My lover Has a clear, indispensable meaning By subjugating me, he Gives the proof To the honest law of force

#### Related terms

* طبیعی (tabi'i, “natural”)

#### Descendants

* → Bashkir: тәбиғәт (təbiğət)
* → Bengali: তবিয়ত (tobiyot)
* → Chagatai: طبیعت
** Uyghur: تەبىئەت (tebi'et), تەبىەت (tebiet)
** Uzbek: tabiat
* → Gujarati: તબિયત (tabiyat), તબીઅત (tabīat)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: तबीयत (tabīyat)
    Urdu: طَبِیعَت (tabī'at)
* → Kyrgyz: табият (tabiyat)
* → Kazakh: табиғат (tabiğat)
* → Tatar: табигать (tabigat’)
* → Turkmen: tebigat

### References

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “طبیعت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “طبیعت”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طَبِیعَت (tabī'at), borrowed from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t̪ə.biː.(ʔ)ət̪/
* Rhymes: -ət̪

### Noun

طَبِیعَت • (tabī'at) f (Hindi spelling तबियत)
* temperament, mind, disposition, mood, character, behavior
* (by extension) health, condition, state, constitution
    Synonym: صِحَت (sihat)
    آپ کی طَبِیعَت کَیسی ہَے؟āp kī tabī'at kaisī hai?How are you feeling?(literally, “How is your condition?”)
* nature, intrinsic quality
* habit
* (rare) choice

#### Related terms

* طَبِیعی (tabī'ī)
* طَبِیعَت ناساز ہونا (tabī'at nāsāz honā, “to become indisposed, to be ill, to be sick”)
* طَبِیعَت خَراب ہونا (tabī'at xarāb honā, “to become ill, to become sick”)

### References

* “طبیعت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “طبیعت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.