البته

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْبَتَّةَ (al-battata).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔal.bat.ˈta/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.bät̪.t̪ʰǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.bät̪.t̪ʰǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.bät̪.t̪ʰǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæl.bæt̪.t̪ʰé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.bät̪.t̪ʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	albatta
Dari reading^?	albatta
Iranian reading^?	albatte
Tajik reading^?	albatta

Adverb


Iranian Persian	البته
Dari	البته
Tajik	албатта

البتّه • (albatte)

of course

Descendants

→ Armenian: հալբաթ (halbatʻ)
→ Azerbaijani: əlbəttə
→ Ottoman Turkish: البته (elbette)
- → Turkish: elbette
→ Bashkir: әлбиттә (əlbittə)
→ Bengali: আলবৎ (albot)
→ Hindi: अलबत्ता (albattā)
→ Georgian: ალბათ (albat)
→ Kazakh: әлбетте (älbette)
→ Kyrgyz: албетте (albette)
→ Tatar: әлбәттә (älbättä)
→ Turkmen: elbetde
→ Uzbek: albatta
→ Uyghur: ئەلۋەتتە (elwette)