فوت · فَوْت — death, passing away (fowt kardan 'to die', polite)
Shifted meaningCertainnoun · People · common
Same word, but the meaning has moved. Overlaps, with a twist.
Arabic
فَوْت
fawt/fawt/
In Arabic
passing, lapse; missing (a chance or a deadline)
Persian
فوت
fowt/fowt/
In Persian
death, passing away (fowt kardan 'to die', polite)
- Root
- ف و ت
Note. Arabic fawt is something slipping by (fāta al-qiṭār, the train has gone); a person's death is wafāt.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr