Where does “tabut” come from?

tabut (Azerbaijani) comes from Arabic تَابُوت, from Classical Syriac ܬܝܒܘܬܐ, from Egyptian ḏbꜣt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

tabut (Azerbaijani): coffin

Definitions

  1. coffin

Ancestry of “tabut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتَابُوتcoffin; box, coffin
2Classical Syriacܬܝܒܘܬܐ
3Egyptianḏbꜣtsarcophagus (in general)
4Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
5Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -tEvery word from Egyptian -tEvery word from Egyptian ḏbꜣt
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