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Meaning of بت | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2
ˈbut

Definitions

  1. idol
  2. duck
    Classical-Persian
  3. beauty; beautiful person; the beloved
    Classical-Persian

Equivalents

Bosanski idol
English Buddha duck Idol
Hrvatski idol
Kurdî dûçk îdol
Српски idol

Examples

“چو آگه شدند از نکو دین اوی گرفتند آن راه و آیین اوی بتان از سر کوه میسوختند بجای بت آذر برافروختند”

When they learned of the good religion of his, They took up the ways and customs of his; They burned the idols from the mountaintops, And in the idol's place, they lit the sacred flame.

“ما را جگر بتیر تو خسته گشت ای صبر بر فراق بتان نیک جوشنی”

My heart [lit. liver] has been wounded by the arrow of separation from you; O patience! You are a fine breastplate against separation from beauties.

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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