بیعت

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic بَيْعَة (bayʕa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baj.ˈʔat]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.ʔǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.jǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.jǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bej.ʔǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.ʔǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bay'at
Dari reading^?	bay'at
Iranian reading^?	bey'at
Tajik reading^?	bayʾat

Noun


Iranian Persian	بیعت
Dari	بیعت
Tajik	байъат

بیعت • (bey'at)

allegiance

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: बैअत (baiat)
- Urdu: بَیعَت (baiʻat)
→ Punjabi:
- Shahmukhi script: بَیْعَت (baiʻat)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بیعت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bay'at), itself from Arabic بَيْعَة (bayʕa).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɛː.(ʔ)ət̪/, /bɛː.(j)ət̪/, /bɛːt̪/
Rhymes: -ət̪, -ɛːt̪
Homophone: بیت (bait)

Noun

بَیعَت • (baiʻat) f (Hindi spelling बैअत)

act of swearing allegiance; fealty (especially religiously)

Declension

Declension of بیعت
	singular	plural
direct	بیعت (baiʻat)	بیعتیں (baiʻatẽ)
oblique	بیعت (baiʻat)	بیعتوں (baiʻatõ)
vocative	بیعت (baiʻat)	بیعتو (baiʻato)

Further reading

“بیعت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“بیعت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بيعت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

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