تخت

See also: بخت, بحت, تجب, تحب, بحث, تحت, and ب ح ث

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taxt/

Noun

تَخْت • (taḵt) m (plural تُخُوت (tuḵūt))

1. bed
2. couch, sofa
3. bench

   تَخْتُ الْمُلْك ― taḵtu al-mulk ― royal throne

4. seat, capital
5. chest, box, case
6. wardrobe
7. platform, dais
8. band, orchestra

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَخْت taḵt	التَّخْت at-taḵt	تَخْت taḵt
Nominative	تَخْتٌ taḵtun	التَّخْتُ at-taḵtu	تَخْتُ taḵtu
Accusative	تَخْتًا taḵtan	التَّخْتَ at-taḵta	تَخْتَ taḵta
Genitive	تَخْتٍ taḵtin	التَّخْتِ at-taḵti	تَخْتِ taḵti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَخْتَيْن taḵtayn	التَّخْتَيْن at-taḵtayn	تَخْتَيْ taḵtay
Nominative	تَخْتَانِ taḵtāni	التَّخْتَانِ at-taḵtāni	تَخْتَا taḵtā
Accusative	تَخْتَيْنِ taḵtayni	التَّخْتَيْنِ at-taḵtayni	تَخْتَيْ taḵtay
Genitive	تَخْتَيْنِ taḵtayni	التَّخْتَيْنِ at-taḵtayni	تَخْتَيْ taḵtay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُخُوت tuḵūt	التُّخُوت at-tuḵūt	تُخُوت tuḵūt
Nominative	تُخُوتٌ tuḵūtun	التُّخُوتُ at-tuḵūtu	تُخُوتُ tuḵūtu
Accusative	تُخُوتًا tuḵūtan	التُّخُوتَ at-tuḵūta	تُخُوتَ tuḵūta
Genitive	تُخُوتٍ tuḵūtin	التُّخُوتِ at-tuḵūti	تُخُوتِ tuḵūti

Declension of noun تَخْت (taḵt)

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

1. Arabic spelling of təxt

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت.

Noun

تخت (transliteration needed)

1. 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^(key): /taxᵊt/

Noun

تخت • (taḵt) m (plural تخوتة (tḵūte))

1. bed

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تخت (taxt).

Noun

تخت • (taht)

1. any raised structure used for sitting or reclining on, such as a bench, sofa or bier, but especially:
   1. 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

1. 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^(key): [ˈtaxt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽxt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽxt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽxt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽxt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽxt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰǽχt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	taxt
Dari reading?	taxt
Iranian reading?	taxt
Tajik reading?	taxt

Adjective

تخت • (taxt)

Dari	تخت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тахт

1. flat

Noun

تخت • (taxt) (plural تخت‌ها (taxt-hâ))

1. 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 نشست

     īn mahabbat ham natīja-i dāniš ast
     kī gazāfa bar čunīn taxt-ē nišast

     This love, moreover, is the result of knowledge:
     who (ever) sat in foolishness on such a throne?

2. capital
3. seat
4. sofa
5. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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^(key): /taxt/, [ˈta.x(ɪ)t]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

تخت • (taḵt) m (plural تخوت (tḵūt) or تخوتة (tḵūte))

1. bed

   Synonym: فرشة (farše)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تخت (taxt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪əxt̪/

Noun

تَخْت • (taxt) m (Hindi spelling तख़्त)

1. 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.