محيط

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَحَاطَ (ʔaḥāṭa, “to surround, enclose, contain, encircle, know completely”).

• IPA^(key): /mu.ħiːtˤ/

مُحِيط • (muḥīṭ) (feminine مُحِيطَة (muḥīṭa), masculine plural مُحِيطُونَ (muḥīṭūna), feminine plural مُحِيطَات (muḥīṭāt))

1. whole
2. overall
3. thorough

مُحِيط • (muḥīṭ) m (plural مُحِيطَات (muḥīṭāt))

1. ocean
2. surroundings
3. environment
4. circumference
5. perimeter
6. entourage

• → Classical Persian: مُحیط (muhīt)
  • Persian: مُحیط (mohit)
  • Tajik: муҳит (muhit)
  • → Azerbaijani: mühit
  • → Bashkir: мөхит (möxit)
  • → Kazakh: мұхит (mūxit)
  • → Kyrgyz: мухит (muhit)
  • → Uzbek: muhit
• → Ottoman Turkish: محیط
  • → Turkish: muhit
  • → Crimean Tatar: müit

• oceans: مُحِيطَات (muḥīṭāt): الْمُحِيط الْأَطْلَسِيّ (al-muḥīṭ al-ʔaṭlasiyy) · الْمُحِيط الْمُتَجَمِّد الشَّمَالِيّ (al-muḥīṭ al-mutajammid aš-šamāliyy) · الْمُحِيط الْمُتَجَمِّد الْجَنُوبِيّ (al-muḥīṭ al-mutajammid al-janūbiyy) · الْمُحِيط الْهَادِئ (al-muḥīṭ al-hādiʔ) · الْمُحِيط الْهِنْدِيّ (al-muḥīṭ al-hindiyy) ^[edit]

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حوط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic مُحِيط (muḥīṭ).

• IPA^(key): /mu.ħiːtˤ/, [mʊˈħiːtˤ]

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محيط • (muḥīṭ) m (plural محيطات (muḥīṭāt))

1. environment
2. circumference, perimeter
3. ocean

• المحيط الأطلسي (il-muḥīṭ il-ʔaṭlasi, “Atlantic Ocean”)
• المحيط الهادي (il-muḥīṭ il-hādi, “Pacific Ocean”)
• المحيط الهندي (il-muḥīṭ il-hindi, “Indic Ocean”)

• بحر (baḥr, “sea”)