बाबत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بابت (bābat), from Arabic بابة (bāba, class, category). Compare Bengali বাবত (babot), Marathi बाबत (bābat).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bɑː.bət̪/, [bäː.bɐt̪]

Noun

बाबत • (bābatf (Urdu spelling بابت)

  1. account, matter, business

Declension

Declension of बाबत (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct बाबत
bābat
बाबतें
bābatẽ
oblique बाबत
bābat
बाबतों
bābatõ
vocative बाबत
bābat
बाबतो
bābato

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بابت (bābat), from Arabic بابة (bāba, class, category).

Noun

बाबत • (bābatf

  1. matter, issue

Postposition

बाबत • (bābat)

  1. regarding

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “बाबत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बाबत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press