# تخت
## Arabic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taxt/

### Noun

تَخْت • (taḵt) m (plural تُخُوت (tuḵūt))
* bed
* couch, sofa
* bench
    تَخْتُ الْمُلْك ― taḵtu al-mulk ― royal throne
* seat, capital
* chest, box, case
* wardrobe
* platform, dais
* band, orchestra

#### Declension
### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “تخت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Azerbaijani
### Noun

تخت
* Arabic spelling of təxt

## Chagatai
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت.

### Noun

تخت (transliteration needed)
* throne

#### Descendants

* Uyghur: تەخت (text)
* Uzbek: taxt

### References

* Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “تخت”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎ (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale

## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic تَخْت (taḵt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taxᵊt/

### Noun

تخت • (taḵt) m (plural تخوتة (tḵūte))
* bed

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

### Noun

تخت • (taht)
* any raised structure used for sitting or reclining on, such as a bench, sofa or bier, but especially:
** throne, an impressive seat used by a monarch
    Synonyms: اَوْرَنْك (evrenk), كُرْسِی (kürsî)

#### Related terms

* تختدار (tahtdâr)
* تختداری (tahtdâri)
* تختگاه (tahtgâh)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: taht
* → Romanian: taht, taft
* → Serbo-Croatian: taht, тахт

## Pashto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

### Noun

تخت • (taxt) m
* throne

### Further reading

* Bellew, Henry Walter (1867) “تخت”, in A Dictionary of the Pukkhto or Pukshto Language‎, London: Allen, page 34

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾht' /⁠taxt⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”). Compare Central Kurdish تات (tat).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ˈtaxt]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰǽxt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰǽxt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [t̪ʰǽxt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [t̪ʰǽxt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰǽxt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰǽχt̪]

### Adjective

تخت • (taxt)
* flat

### Noun

تخت • (taxt) (plural تخت‌ها (taxt-hâ))
* throne
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1532:این محبت هم نتیجهی دانش است کی گزافه بر چنین تختی نشستīn mahabbat ham natīja-i dāniš ast kī gazāfa bar čunīn taxt-ē nišastThis love, moreover, is the result of knowledge: who (ever) sat in foolishness on such a throne?
* capital
* seat
* sofa
* bed

#### Derived terms

* تخت جمشید (taxt-e jamšid)
* تخت خواب (taxt-e xâb)
* تخت روان (taxt-e ravân)
* تخت سلیمان (taxt-e soleymân)
* تخت طاووس (taxt-e tâvus)
* تختگاه (taxtgâh)
* پایتخت (pâytaxt)

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: تَخْت (taḵt)
* → Azerbaijani: təxt, taxt
* → Avar: тах (tax)
* → Bashkir: тәхет (təxet)
* → Chagatai: تخت
** Uyghur: تەخت (text)
** Uzbek: taxt
* → Gujarati: તખ્ત (takht)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: तख़्त (taxt)
    Urdu: تخت (taxt)
* → Kazakh: тақ (taq)
* → Kyrgyz: так (tak)
* → Lezgi: тахт (taꭓt)
* → Middle Armenian: թախթ (tʻaxtʻ), թախտ (tʻaxt), թաղտ (tʻaġt), թաղթ (tʻaġtʻ)
** Armenian: (in some dialects via Ottoman Turkish) թախտ (tʻaxt)
* → Malay: takhta
** Indonesian: takhta
* → Northern Kurdish: text
* → Ottoman Turkish: تخت (taht)
** Turkish: taht
** → Romanian: taht, taft
** → Serbo-Croatian: taht, тахт
* → Pashto: تخت (taxt)
* → Punjabi:
** Gurmukhi script: ਤਖ਼ਤ (taxat)
** Shahmukhi script: تَخْت (taxt)
* → Sindhi:
** Arabic script: تخت
** Devanagari script: तख्तु
* → Tatar: тәхет (täxet)
* → Turkmen: tagt

### Further reading

* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تخت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَخْت (taxt).

### Noun

تَخْت • (taxt) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਖ਼ਤ)
* throne
    Synonym: اَوْرَنْگ (aurang)

### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تخت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تخت (taxt).

### Noun

تَخْتُ • (taxtu) m (Devanagari तख़्तु)
* throne

### Further reading

* Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “تَخْتُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
* “تخت”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic تَخْت (taḵt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taxt/, [ˈta.x(ɪ)t]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

تخت • (taḵt) m (plural تخوت (tḵūt) or تخوتة (tḵūte))
* bed
    Synonym: فرشة (farše)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تخت (taxt).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t̪əxt̪/

### Noun

تَخْت • (taxt) m (Hindi spelling तख़्त)
* throne
    Synonym: اَوْرَنْگ (aurang)

### Further reading

* Platts, John T. (1884) “تخت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* “تخت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.