bahati
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
bahati
- inflection of bahat:
- masculine nominative/vocative plural
- definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
- definite inanimate masculine accusative singular
Anagrams
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Omani Arabic بخت (baḵt), from Persian بخت (baxt).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
bahati (n class, plural bahati)
- fortune, luck (something that happens to someone by chance, good or bad)
- randomness
Derived terms
References
- Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica, volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Luck’, Sw bahati. From OAr baxt (R: 20), from Persian baxt.”
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.