تحت

See also: تخت, بخت, بحت, تجب, تحب, بحث, and ب ح ث

Arabic

Etymology 1

Originally a case form of a defective noun تَحْت (taḥt, “location that is below”); see the usage note. From the root ت ح ت (t-ḥ-t). Related to Hebrew תַּחַת, Ge'ez ታሕት (taḥt), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎈𐎚 (tḥt /⁠taḥta⁠/) and Classical Syriac ܬܰܚܬ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taħ.tu/
• (Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐħət/

Adverb

تَحْتُ • (taḥtu)

1. below

Usage notes

This originates as a case form of a defective noun تَحْت (taḥt, “location that is below”). It is declined normally when definite, e.g. التَّحْتُ (at-taḥtu, “the location that is below”). Other forms are the adverbial accusative in the preposition تَحْتَ (taḥta, “below”), the genitive in the expression مِنْ تَحْتِ (min taḥti, “from below, below”) (also with an attached pronoun, as in مِنْ تَحْتِهَا (min taḥtihā, “(from) below it”)), and the irregular expression مِنْ تَحْتُ (min taḥtu, “(from) below”).

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “تحت”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of تَحْت (taḥt, “location that is below”). Related to Hebrew תַּחַת (tákhat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taħ.ta/

• Audio

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Preposition

تَحْتَ • (taḥta)

1. under

   جَلَسْتُ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ وَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُ بِنَسِيمِ ٱلْهَوَاءِ ٱلْعَلِيلِ.

   jalastu taḥta šajarati z-zaytūni wastamtaʕtu binasīmi l-hawāʔi l-ʕalīli.

   I sat under the olive tree and enjoyed the gentle breeze.

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					تَحْتَ (taḥta)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	تَحْتِي (taḥtī)			تَحْتَنَا (taḥtanā)
Second person	تَحْتَكَ (taḥtaka)	تَحْتَكِ (taḥtaki)	تَحْتَكُمَا (taḥtakumā)	تَحْتَكُمْ (taḥtakum)	تَحْتَكُنَّ (taḥtakunna)
Third person	تَحْتَهُ (taḥtahu)	تَحْتَهَا (taḥtahā)	تَحْتَهُمَا (taḥtahumā)	تَحْتَهُمْ (taḥtahum)	تَحْتَهُنَّ (taḥtahunna)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ت ح ت
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic تَحْت (taḥt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ħat/, /taħt/

Adverb

تحت • (taḥat)

1. down
2. under
3. below
4. downstairs

Synonyms

• أَسْفَل (ʔasfal)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَحْت (taḥt).

Noun

تحت • (taht)

1. the lower surface; bottom
2. the space beneath

Descendants

• Turkish: taht

Adverb

تحت • (tahte)

1. under, beneath

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تحت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 347
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “taht2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تحت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 504

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَحْتَ (taḥta).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tah.ti]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɦ.t̪ʰɪ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɦ.t̪ʰɪ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.t̪ʰɪ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.t̪ʰi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæɦ.t̪ʰe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɦ.t̪ʰi]

Readings
Classical reading?	taht-i
Dari reading?	taht-i
Iranian reading?	taht-e
Tajik reading?	taht-i

Preposition

Dari	تحت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	таҳти

تحت • (taht-e)

1. under

   Synonym: زیر (zir)

South Levantine Arabic

Picture dictionary

تحت

فوق

تحت

بـ/

في

قدام

ورا

على

جنب

بين

Prepositions of location

Etymology

From Arabic تَحْت (taḥt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taħt/, [taħt]

• Audio (Jerusalem)

  (file)

Adverb

تحت • (taḥt)

1. down, downstairs

   Antonym: فوق (fōʔ)

Preposition

تحت • (taḥt)

1. below, under

   Antonym: فوق (fōʔ)