بوته

See also: توبة and توبہ

Khalaj

Noun

بوته (bûta) (definite accusative بوته‌نؽ, plural بوته‌لار)

1. Arabic spelling of bûta (“shrub, bush”)

Declension

Declension of بوته

	singular	plural
nominative	بوته	بوته‌لار
genitive	بوته‌ݧ	بوته‌لارؽݧ
dative	بوته‌قا	بوته‌لارقا
definite accusative	بوته‌ݧ	بوته‌لارؽ
locative	بوته‌چا	بوته‌لارچا
ablative	بوته‌دا	بوته‌لاردا
instrumental	بوته‌لا	بوته‌لارلا
equative	بوته‌وارا	بوته‌لاروارا

Persian

Etymology 1

From earlier بته (botte).

Alternative forms

• بته (botte)

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [buː.t̪ʰé]

Readings
Iranian reading?	bute

Noun

Dari	بته
Iranian Persian	بوته
Tajik	бутта

بوته • (bute) (plural بوته‌ها (bute-hâ))

1. bush

Derived terms

• گل‌بوته (gol-bute)

Descendants

• → Khalaj: bûta

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian *bōdag. Compare Classical Syriac ܒܘܕܩܐ (būdqā, “crucible”), Middle Armenian բութակ (butʻak), and possibly via Semitic from Old Iranian also Ancient Greek βοῦτ(τ)ις (boût(t)is), βυτίνη (butínē), πυτίνη (putínē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [boː.ˈta]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [boː.t̪ʰǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [boː.t̪ʰǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [boː.t̪ʰǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bʊː.t̪ʰǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [buː.t̪ʰé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɵ.t̪ʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bōta
Dari reading?	bōta
Iranian reading?	bute
Tajik reading?	büta

Noun

Dari	بوته
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бӯта

بوته • (bute) (plural بوته‌ها (bute-hâ))

1. crucible

Derived terms

• گل‌بوته (gel-bute)
• بوته چینی (bute-ye čini)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: پوته (pota, puta, pute), پوطه (pota, puta), پوتا (pota, puta)
  • Turkish: pota

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بوته”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 205
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “بوته”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 273b