Where does “tabut” come from?
tabut (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish تابوت, from Arabic تَابُوت, from Classical Syriac ܬܝܒܘܬܐ, from Egyptian ḏbꜣt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
tabut (Turkish): coffin
Definitions
- coffin
Ancestry of “tabut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | تابوت | coffin, casket, burial case, a closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial |
| 2 | Arabic | تَابُوت | coffin; box, coffin |
| 3 | Classical Syriac | ܬܝܒܘܬܐ | — |
| 4 | Egyptian | ḏbꜣt | sarcophagus (in general) |
| 5 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 6 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |