baxt

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		بَخت

Alternative forms

• bəxt

Etymology

BorrowedfromPersianبخت(baxt,“luck”).

Pronunciation

• (Xarrâbî)IPA^(key):[baχt]

Noun

baxt(definite accusativebaxtı,pluralbaxtlar)

1. luck

Declension

Declension ofbaxt

	singular	plural
nominative	baxt	baxtlar
genitive	baxtııñ	baxtlarııñ
dative	baxtqa	baxtlarqa
definite accusative	baxtı	baxtları
locative	baxtça	baxtlarça
ablative	baxtda	baxtlarda
instrumental	baxtla	baxtlarla
equative	baxtvâra	baxtlarvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard(1980)Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab)[Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Romani

Alternative forms

• baht

Etymology

Borrowed fromMiddle Persian𐭡𐭧𐭲(bḥt/⁠baxt⁠/,“fortune, luck”).Cognate withPersianبخت(baxt,“fortune, luck”).

Noun

baxtf(pluralbaxtǎ)

1. luck
2. happiness

Derived terms

• baxtalo

Descendants

• →Romanian:baftă

References

• “Bulgaria - Romani - Language”,inMinority Languages in the European Union‎^[1],2001 August 15, archived fromthe originalon17 February 2012