Where does “تابوت” come from?

تابوت (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian تابُوت, from Arabic تَابُوت, from Classical Syriac ܬܝܒܘܬܐ, from Egyptian ḏbꜣt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

تابوت (Urdu): coffin

Definitions

  1. coffin

Ancestry of “تابوت”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianتابُوت—
2Arabicتَابُوتcoffin; box, coffin
3Classical Syriacܬܝܒܘܬܐ—
4Egyptianḏbꜣtsarcophagus (in general)
5Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
6Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian ḏbꜣt →