بخت

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بخت¹

  • /buxt/

Where it comes from

Back-formed and simplified from a nisba-epitheted name, as it has also been called الْبَخْتَرِيّ (al-baḵtariyy) الْإِبِل الْخُرَاسَانِيَّة (al-ʔibil al-ḵurāsāniyya), الْجَمَل الْبُخَارِيّ (al-jamal al-buḵāriyy) etc., various connections made to Bactria, Balkh and Bukhara.

noun بُخْت · buḵt · بُخْتِيّ · f · بُخْتِيَّة · بَخَاتِيّ

  1. collective a half-breed from a male Bactrian camel and a female dromedary رُؤُوسُهُنَّ كَأَسْنِمَةِ الْبُخْتِ الْمَائِلَةِ

بخت²

  • /baxt/

Where it comes from

From Persian بخت (baxt) or its earlier forms.

noun بَخْت · baḵt · بُخُوت · الْبَخْت

  1. luck, fortune

    Similar: حَظّ

In English

  • luck something that happens to someone by chance

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"بخت." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%AA.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {بخت},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%AA},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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