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بهط

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to a specific type of food, likely a porridge or gruel made from rice and water. It is noted as a loanword from Persian.

Derived headwords

البَهْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    on the pattern of al-majarra: a type of food made of rice and water. It is an arabicized wordboth

    on the pattern of al-majarra: a type of food made of rice and water. It is an arabicized word

Parallel reading

البَهْطَة: ضرب من الطعام: أرز وماء.
Al-Bahṭah: A type of food: rice and water.
وهو معرب، وبالفارسية بتا
It is an Arabized word, and in Persian, it is 'bata'.
تفقأت شحما كما الاوز * من أكلها البهط بالارز *
I burst forth fat like geese * from eating al-Bahṭah with rice *