# ضبط
## Arabic
### Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣbṭ- (“to seize, take hold of, catch”). Compare Akkadian 𒍝𒁀𒌈 (ṣabātum, “to seize”) and Biblical Hebrew צָבַט (ṣɔbaṭ, “to reach, hold”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dˤa.ba.tˤa/

### Verb

ضَبَطَ • (ḍabaṭa) I (non-past يَضْبِطُ (yaḍbiṭu), verbal noun ضَبْط (ḍabṭ))
* to do something accurately
* to confiscate
* to check up, to check out
* to regulate, to adjust, to fix, to set
* to guard, to take care of

#### Conjugation
### Noun

ضَبْط • (ḍabṭ) m
* verbal noun of ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa) (form I)
* verification
* apprehension
* correction, rectification
* correctness, accuracy, exactness

#### Derived terms

* بالضبط

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: zəbt
* → Middle Armenian: զաւթ (zawtʻ), զաֆտ (zaft)
** Armenian: զավթ (zavtʻ), զաֆթ (zaftʻ), զափտ (zapʻt)
* → Ottoman Turkish: ضبط
** → Romanian: zapt
** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: запт
    Latin script: zapt
** Turkish: zapt
* → Persian: ضبط
** → Middle Bengali: জব্ত (jobto)
*** Bengali: জব্দ (jobdo)
** → Gujarati: જપ્ત (japt)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ज़ब्त (zabt)
    Urdu: ضبط (zabt)
** → Marathi: जप्त (j̈apta)
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਬਤ (zabat)
    Shahmukhi script: ضَبط (ẓabt̤)
* → Uzbek: zabt

### References

* “ضبط” in Almaany
* Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “ضبط”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “ضبط”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “ضبط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Gulf Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa).

### Pronunciation

* (Kuwait) IPA: /ˈðˤəbːətˤ/

### Verb

ضَبَّط • (ḏ̣abbaṭ) (imperfect يضَبِّط (yḏ̣abbiṭ))
* to hook someone up (provide with needs, give special treatment, etc)
* to hook up with someone (get acquainted with someone in order to form a romantic relationship)
* to bring to order, to fix, to hook up

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zˤab.batˤ/, /dˤab.batˤ/

#### Verb

ضبط • (ẓabbaṭ) II (non-past يِضَبِّط (yiẓabbiṭ))
* to do something accurately
* to regulate, to adjust, to fix, to set
    Alternative form: (non-standard spelling) زَبَّط (ẓabbaṭ)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zˤa.batˤ/, /dˤa.batˤ/

#### Verb

ضبط • (ẓabaṭ) I (non-past يِضَبُط (yiẓbuṭ))
* to be fixed
* to be corrected
    Alternative form: (non-standard spelling) زَبَط (ẓabaṭ)

##### Notes

The roots ⟨ض ب ط⟩ and ⟨ض ر ط⟩ are the only roots where ض is pronounced /zˤ/ instead of the standard /dˤ/.

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).

### Noun

ضبط • (zabt)
* seizure

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: zapt
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: запт
    Latin script: zapt
* Turkish: zapt

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [zaβt]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zäbt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zäbt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [zäbt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [zäbt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [zæbt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [zäbt̪]

### Noun

ضبط • (zabt) (plural ضبط‌ها (zabt-hâ))
* confiscation
* record; archive
* cassette, tape; recording
* (dated) restraining; holding fast to
* (dated) management; control

#### Derived terms

* ضبط صوت (zabt-e sowt, “tape recorder”)
* ضبط کردن (zabt kardan, “to record; to confiscate”)

#### Descendants

* → Middle Bengali: জব্ত (jobto)
** Bengali: জব্দ (jobdo)
* → Gujarati: જપ્ત (japt)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ज़ब्त (zabt)
    Urdu: ضبط (zabt)
* → Marathi: जप्त (j̈apta)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਬਤ (zabat)
    Shahmukhi script: ضَبط (ẓabt̤)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

ضبط • (ẓabaṭ) I (present بضبط (boẓboṭ))
* Alternative spelling of زبط (ẓabaṭ)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ضبط • (ẓabṭ) m
* Alternative spelling of زبط (ẓabṭ)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضبط (zabt), from Arabic ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /zəbt̪/

### Adjective

ضَبْط • (zabt) (Hindi spelling ज़ब्त)
* seized, confiscated

### Noun

ضَبْط • (zabt) m (Hindi spelling ज़ब्त)
* seizing, confiscation
* control, composure

### References

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