# رخت
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Borrowed; considered even by the medievals as from Persian رَخْت (raxt). Though the term could be explained from an Aramaic descendant of Proto-Semitic *raḥat- (“flat inner of the hand”) transferred to refer to various flat tools, if the Arabic had been borrowed directly it would probably have become **رَحْت (**raḥt).

#### Noun

رَخْت • (raḵt) m (plural رُخُوت (ruḵūt)) (Syria, Iraq)
* apparatus, goods and chattels of a household
* apparel, vestment, plumage (including of a bird)
* rugs, blankets, even horse blankets

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

رخت (form I)
* رَخَّتْ (raḵḵat) /rax.xat/: third-person feminine singular past active of رَخَّ (raḵḵa)
* رُخَّتْ (ruḵḵat) /rux.xat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of رَخَّ (raḵḵa)

### References

* Freytag, Georg (1833) “رخت”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 134a
* Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “رخت”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache‎ (in German), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 746a

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɾaxt]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [räxt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [räxt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [räxt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [räxt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ɹæxt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ɾäχt̪]

### Etymology 1

According to Bailey, from the root Proto-Iranian *rak- (“to prepare clothes”), from Proto-Indo-European *rek-, whence Sanskrit रच् (rac, “to make, fashion”). Cognate with Middle Persian [script needed] (lyhtk /⁠raxtak⁠/, “clothes”), Khotanese [script needed] (raha-, “dress”) and the Chinese 絡鞮 / 络鞮 (luòdī, “Iranian shoes”).
The meaning “right, true” is contaminated from راست (râst) due to the idea of a correctly furnitured house.

#### Noun

رخت • (raxt)
* apparatus, goods and chattels of a household
* apparel, vestment; laundry
* rugs, blankets, tapestry, even horse blankets
* a meal for one man
* (figurative) splendour or rays or beams of the Sun or Moon

##### Derived terms

* رختکن (raxtkan)

##### Descendants

* → Arabic: رَخْت (raḵt)
* → Armenian: ռախտ (ṙaxt), ռախթ (ṙaxtʻ), ըռախտ (əṙaxt)
* → Azerbaijani: rəxt
* → Georgian: რახტი (raxṭi)
** → Bats: რახტ (raxṭ)
* → Mazanderani: رخت (raxt)
* → Northern Kurdish: rext

#### Adjective

رخت • (raxt)
* right, true

#### References

* Bailey, H. W. (1961) Saka texts from Khotan in the Hedin collection (Indo-Scythian Studies Being Khotanese Texts; 4), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 150
* Bailey, H. W. (1963) “Vāsta”, in Acta Orientalia‎, volume 30, page 33 of 25–43
* Bailey, H. W. (1967) Prolexis to the Book of Zambasta (Indo-Scythian Studies Being Khotanese Texts; 6), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 301
* Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 360b
* Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 197–198
* Hassandoust, Mohammad (2010/2011) Bahman Sarkarati, editor, Farhang-e riše-šenâxti-ye zabân-e Farsi [An Etymological Dictionary of the Persian Language] (in Persian), volume III: R-Q, Tehran: Academy of Persian Language and Literature, →ISBN, page 1433
* Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎ (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 429a
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “رخت”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
* Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “رخت”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 24–25

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *rax-ta- (literally “colored”), ultimately from the same root as رنگ (rang). Cognate with Sanskrit रक्त (raktá, “red; coloured, dyed”), Khotanese رختک (rxtk /⁠raxtak⁠/, “red”).

#### Noun

رخت • (raxt)
* horse

#### References

* Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 370

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-. Akin to Old Armenian երախտիք (eraxtikʻ), an Iranian borrowing.

#### Noun

رخت • (raxt)
* sadness, grief

##### Related terms

* رخته (raxta, “wounded, sick, diseased”)

#### References

* Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 191–192
* Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 276
* Hassandoust, Mohammad (2010/2011) Bahman Sarkarati, editor, Farhang-e riše-šenâxti-ye zabân-e Farsi [An Etymological Dictionary of the Persian Language] (in Persian), volume III: R-Q, Tehran: Academy of Persian Language and Literature, →ISBN, pages 1433–1434
* Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “raxtan”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 168b
* Perixanjan, A. G. (1973) Сасанидский судебник (Mātakdān ī hazār dātastān)‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 517–518