بخت

Meaning

a half-breed from a male Bactrian camel and a female dromedary

Pronounced as (IPA)
/buxt/
Etymology

Back-formed and simplified from a nisba-epitheted name, as it has also been called الْبَخْتَرِيّ (al-baḵtariyy) الْإِبِل الْخُرَاسَانِيَّة (al-ʔibil al-ḵurāsāniyya), الْجَمَل الْبُخَارِيّ (al-jamal al-buḵāriyy) etc., various connections made to Bactria, Balkh and Bukhara.

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