بیت

See also: بيت

Khalaj

Noun

بیت (bit) (definite accusative بیتی, plural بیتلَر)

1. Arabic spelling of bit (“louse”)

Declension

Declension of بیت

	singular	plural
nominative	بیت	بیتلَر
genitive	بیتۆݧ	بیتلَریݧ
dative	بیتکه	بیتلَرکه
definite accusative	بیتۆ	بیتلَری
locative	بیتچه	بیتلَرچه
ablative	بیتده	بیتلَرده
instrumental	بیتله	بیتلَرله
equative	بیتوارا	بیتلَروارا

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bajt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäjt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäjt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäjt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäjt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bejt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäjt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	bayt
Dari reading?	bayt
Iranian reading?	beyt
Tajik reading?	bayt

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

Noun

بیت • (beyt) (plural ابیات (abyât))

1. (poetry) couplet, distich

Noun

بیت • (beyt) (plural بیوت (boyut))

1. (chiefly in compounds) house, building, temple

   Synonym: خانه (xâne)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیت (bayt), from Arabic بَيْت (bayt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɛːt̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛːt̪

Noun

بَیْت • (bait) f (Hindi spelling बै्त)

1. (poetry) couplet, distich

Noun

بَیْت • (bait) m (Hindi spelling बै्त)

1. abode, house, edifice

References

• “بیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.