بھوت

Borrowed from Sanskrit भूत (bhūtá).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʱuːt̪/
• Rhymes: -uːt̪

بُھوت • (bhūt) m (Hindi spelling भूत)

1. ghost
2. spirit, demon

   Synonym: جن (jinn)

3. (figurative) an ugly man (i.e., a man of ghastly countenance)

• بھوتنی (bhūtnī)
• بھوتیا (bhūtiyā, “ghastly, ghostly, haunted”)
• بھوت پریت (bhūt-parīt, “ghosts and apparitions”)

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