bahati

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Serbo-Croatian

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Adjective

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bahati

  1. inflection of bahat:
    1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
    2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
    3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Verb

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bahati (Cyrillic spelling бахати)

  1. third-person singular present of bahatiti

References

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  • bahati” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • bahati” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Anagrams

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Omani Arabic بخت (baḵt), from Persian بخت (baxt).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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bahati (n class, plural bahati)

  1. fortune, luck (something that happens to someone by chance, good or bad)
  2. randomness

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10:‘Luck’, Sw bahati. From OAr baxt (R: 20), from Persian baxt.