раҳмат

Tajik

Regional synonyms of "thanks"
Dari	تشکر
Iranian Persian	مرسی
Tajik	раҳмат

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian (rahmat, “mercy, compassion, commiseration”), from Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma).

Sense 1 may be a calque of French merci (“thanks”, literally “mercy”), whence Russian мерси (mersi, “thanks”), and is widespread in usage across post-Soviet Central Asia. Compare Uzbek rahmat, Kazakh рахмет (raxmet)/рақмет (raqmet), Kyrgyz ыракмат (ırakmat), Bashkir рәхмәт (rəxmət), Tatar рәхмәт (räxmät).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rahˈmat/, [ɾäɦ.mǽt̪]

Interjection

раҳмат • (rahmat) (Persian spelling رحمت)

thanks
Synonyms: ташаккур (tašakkur), мамнун (mamnun), сипос (sipos)

Noun

раҳмат • (rahmat) (Persian spelling رحمت)

mercy, compassion, commiseration
Synonyms: раҳм (rahm), бахшиш (baxšiš), шафақат (šafaqat)