ज़ब्त
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ضبط (zabt), from Arabic ضَبْط (ḍabṭ). Compare Punjabi ਜ਼ਬਤ (zabat) / ضَبط (ẓabt̤), Bengali জব্দ (jobdo), Gujarati જપ્ત (japt), Marathi जप्त (j̈apta).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /zəbt̪/, [zɐbt̪], /d͡ʒəbt̪/, [d͡ʒɐbt̪]
Adjective
ज़ब्त • (zabt) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ضبط)
- seized, confiscated
- सरकार ने अमीरों की संपत्ति ज़ब्त कर ली है।
- sarkār ne amīrõ kī sampatti zabt kar lī hai.
- The government has seized the property of the rich.
Declension
Derived terms
- ज़ब्त करना (zabt karnā, “to seize, to confiscate”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ज़ब्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 358
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