# موت
## 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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mawt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* وَفَاة (wafāh), هَلَاك (halāk), مَنِيَّة (maniyya), حِمَام (ḥimām), حَتْف (ḥatf)

#### Descendants

* Egyptian Arabic: موت (mōt)
* Gulf Arabic: موت (mōt)
* Maltese: mewt
* Moroccan Arabic: موت (mūt)
* → Azerbaijani: mövt
* → Chagatai: موت
** Uyghur: مەۋت (mewt)
** Uzbek: mavt
* → Hindustani:
** Hindi: मौत (maut)
** Urdu: مَوت (maut)
* → Malay: maut
** Indonesian: maut
* → Ottoman Turkish: موت (mevt)
** Turkish: mevt
* → Persian: موت (mowt)
* → Swahili: mauti

### Verb

مَوَّتَ • (mawwata) II (non-past يُمَوِّتُ (yumawwitu), verbal noun تَمْوِيت (tamwīt))
* (intransitive, obsolete) to die off
* (transitive) to make die, let perish, to kill, to cause the death of

#### Conjugation
## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /moːt/

#### Noun

موت • (mōt) m
* death

#### Adverb

موت • (mōt)
* to death, a lot, so much
    Synonyms: أوي (awi), جامد (gāmid); (vulgar) نيك (nēk), فشخ (fašḵ)
    بحبّك موت ― baḥibbak mōt ― I love you to death

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

IPA: /muːt/

#### Verb

موت • (mūt)
* singular masculine imperative of مات (māt, “to die”)

## Gulf Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

#### Pronunciation

* (Kuwait) IPA: /moːt/

#### Noun

موت • (mōt) m (dual موتين (mōttēn), plural موتات (mōtāt))
* 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

* (Kuwait) IPA: /ˈməwːət/

#### Verb

موت • (mawwat) II (non-past يموت (ymawwit))
* to cause to die, to kill
    Synonym: ذبح (ḏibaḥ)
    Antonym: احيى (aḥya)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːt/, [mo̞ːt]

#### Noun

موت • (mōt) m (dual موتتين (mōtatēn), plural موتات (mōtāt))
* death
    Synonym: وفاة (wafā(t))
    Antonym: حياة (ḥayā)

#### See also

* موتة (mōta, “life in video games”)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic مَوَّت (mawwat).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maw.wat/

#### Verb

موت • (mawwat) II (non-past يِمَوِّت (yimawwit), verbal noun تَمْويت (tamwīt), passive participle مُميت (mumīt))
* to cause to die, to kill
    Synonyms: ذَبَح (dabaḥ), قَتَل (gatal), قَتَّل (gattal)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muːt/

#### Verb

موت • (mūt)
* second-person masculine singular imperative of مات (māt)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mawt]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäwt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäwt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mäwt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mäwt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mowt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mäwt̪]

### Noun

موت • (mowt) (plural موت‌ها (mowt-hâ) or اموات (amvât))
* death
    Synonyms: فنا, فوت, اجل, درگذشت, مرگ, ممات, وفات, میر
    Antonyms: حیات, زندگی, زندگانی

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːt/, [moːt]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

موت • (mōt) m
* death

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /mɔːt̪/

#### Noun

مَوت • (maut) f (Hindi spelling मौत)
* death, demise
    Synonym: مَرتِیو
* mortality

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (mutta), from Sanskrit मूत्र (mū́tra). Doublet of مُوتْر (mūtr).
Cognate with Sindhi مُٽُ (muṭu), Marwari मूत (mūt), Punjabi ਮੂਤਰ (mūtar).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /muːt̪/

#### Noun

مُوت • (mūt) m (Hindi spelling मूत)
* urine, piss
    Synonym: پیشاب (peśāb)

##### Declension
### 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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.