طبیعت

See also: طبيعة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa, nature, quality, essence).

Noun

طبیعت • (tabiʼat)

  1. nature, the essential or innate qualities and characteristics of a person or thing
    Synonym: طبع (tabʼ)
  2. nature, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order
    Synonym: یارادلش (yaradılış)
  3. good taste, refinement, natural elegance in behaviour, manner, or taste

Derived terms

  • طبیعت ایتمك (tabiʼat itmek, to get used to)
  • طبیعت بشریه (tabiʼat-ı beşeriye, the human nature)
  • طبیعتجه (tabiʼatca, conformable to taste)
  • طبیعتسز (tabiʼatsız, contrary to good taste)
  • طبیعتلو (tabiʼatlı, possessed of refined taste)
  • طبیعتیله (tabiʼatıyla, naturally)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tabiat
  • Romanian: tabiet

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa, nature; disposition).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.beː.ʔǽt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.bi.jǽt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.bi.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? taḇī'at
Dari reading? tabī'at
Iranian reading? tabi'at
Tajik reading? tabiʾat

Noun

Dari طبیعت
Iranian Persian
Tajik табиат

طَبیعَت • (tabi'at)

  1. nature; temperament; disposition; character
    Synonym: نهاد (nahâd)
    طبیعت انسانیtabi'at-e ensânihuman nature
  2. nature; natural world
    Synonym: زاستار (zâstâr)
    • 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “معشوق من”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]:
      معشوق من
      همچون طبیعت
      مفهوم ناگزیر صریحی دارد
      او با شکست من
      قانون صادقانهٔ قدرت را
      تأیید میکند
      ma'šuq-e man
      hamčon tabi'at
      mafhum-e nâgozir-e sarihi dârad
      u bâ šekast-e man
      qânun-e sâdeqâne-ye qodrat râ
      ta'yid mi-konad
      Just like nature
      My lover
      Has a clear, indispensable meaning
      By subjugating me, he
      Gives the proof
      To the honest law of force

Descendants

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طَبِیعَت (tabī'at), from Arabic طَبِيعَة (ṭabīʕa).

Pronunciation

Noun

طَبِیعَت • (tabī'at) f (Hindi spelling तबियत)

  1. temperament, mind, disposition, mood, character, behavior
  2. (by extension) health, condition, state, constitution
    Synonym: صِحَت (sihat)
    آپ کی طَبِیعَت کَیسی ہے؟
    āp kī tabī'at kaisī he?
    How are you feeling?
    (literally, “How is your condition?”)
  3. nature, intrinsic quality
  4. habit
  5. (rare) choice

References

  • طبیعت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • طبیعت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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