ضبط

From Proto-Semitic *ṣbṭ- (“to seize, take hold of, catch”). Compare Akkadian 𒍝𒁀𒌈 (ṣabātum, “to seize”) and Biblical Hebrew צָבַט (ṣɔbaṭ, “to reach, hold”).

• IPA^(key): /dˤa.ba.tˤa/

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ضَبَطَ • (ḍabaṭa) I, non-past يَضْبِطُ‎ (yaḍbiṭu)

1. to do something accurately
2. to confiscate
3. to check up, to check out
4. to regulate, to adjust, to fix, to set

ضَبْط • (ḍabṭ) m

1. verbal noun of ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa) (form I)
2. verification
3. apprehension
4. correction, rectification
5. correctness, accuracy, exactness

• بالضبط

• → Azerbaijani: zəbt
• → Middle Armenian: զաւթ (zawtʻ), զաֆտ (zaft)
  • Armenian: զավթ (zavtʻ), զաֆթ (zaftʻ), զափտ (zapʻt)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ضبط
  • → Romanian: zapt
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: запт

    Latin script: zapt

  • Turkish: zapt
• → Persian: ضبط
  • → Middle Bengali: জব্ত (jobto)
    • Bengali: জব্দ (jobdo)
  • → Gujarati: જપ્ત (japt)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ज़ब्त (zabt)

    Urdu: ضبط (zabt)

  • → Marathi: जप्त (j̈apta)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਬਤ (zabat)

    Shahmukhi script: ضَبط (ẓabt̤)

• → Uzbek: zabt

• “ضبط” in Almaany
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “ضبط”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ضبط”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ضبط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa).

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈðˤəbːətˤ/

ضَبَّط • (ḏ̣abbaṭ) (imperfect يضَبِّط (yḏ̣abbiṭ))

1. to hook someone up (provide with needs, give special treatment, etc)
2. to hook up with someone (get acquainted with someone in order to form a romantic relationship)
3. to bring to order, to fix, to hook up

• IPA^(key): /zˤab.batˤ/, /dˤab.batˤ/

ضبط • (ẓabbaṭ) II (non-past يِضَبِّط (yiẓabbiṭ))

1. to do something accurately
2. to regulate, to adjust, to fix, to set

   Alternative form: (non-standard spelling) زَبَّط (ẓabbaṭ)

From Arabic ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa).

• IPA^(key): /zˤa.batˤ/, /dˤa.batˤ/

ضبط • (ẓabaṭ) I (non-past يِضَبُط (yiẓbuṭ))

1. to be fixed
2. to be corrected

   Alternative form: (non-standard spelling) زَبَط (ẓabaṭ)

The roots ⟨ض ب ط⟩ and ⟨ض ر ط⟩ are the only roots where ض is pronounced /zˤ/ instead of the standard /dˤ/.

ضبط • (zapt)

1. seizure

• → Romanian: zapt
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: запт

  Latin script: zapt

• Turkish: zapt

Borrowed from Arabic ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).

ضبط • (zabt) (plural ضبط‌ها (zabt-hâ))

1. confiscation
2. record; archive
3. cassette, tape; recording
4. (dated) restraining; holding fast to
5. (dated) management; control

• → Middle Bengali: জব্ত (jobto)
  • Bengali: জব্দ (jobdo)
• → Gujarati: જપ્ત (japt)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़ब्त (zabt)

  Urdu: ضبط (zabt)

• → Marathi: जप्त (j̈apta)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਬਤ (zabat)

  Shahmukhi script: ضَبط (ẓabt̤)

ضبط • (ẓabaṭ) I (present بضبط (boẓboṭ))

1. Alternative spelling of زبط (ẓabaṭ)

ضبط • (ẓabṭ) m

1. Alternative spelling of زبط (ẓabṭ)

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضبط (zabt), from Arabic ضَبْط (ḍabṭ).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zəbt̪/

ضَبْط • (zabt) (Hindi spelling ज़ब्त)

1. seized, confiscated

ضَبْط • (zabt) m (Hindi spelling ज़ब्त)

1. seizing, confiscation
2. control, composure

• “ضبط”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ضبط”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.