"شب" meaning in Persian

See شب in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ʃaβ] [Classical-Persian], [ʃäb] [Dari, formal], [ʃäb] [Dari, formal], [ʃäw] [Kabuli], [ʃäw] (note: Hazaragi), [ʃeːw] (note: Hazaragi), [ʃæb̥] [Iran, formal], [ʃäb] [Tajik, formal] Audio: Fa-afg-شب.ogg , Fa-afg-شب (colloquial).ogg , Fa-شب.ogg Forms: šab [romanization], شبها [plural], شبان [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *kʷséps From Middle Persian [script needed] (LYLYA), [script needed] (šp /⁠šab⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (xšap-), from Proto-Iranian *xšáfš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps. Cognate of Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣap). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|fa|kʷséps}} PIE word *kʷséps, {{inh|fa|pal|tr=LYLYA}} Middle Persian [script needed] (LYLYA), {{inh|fa|peo|𐎧𐏁𐎱|tr=xšap-}} Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (xšap-), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*xšáfš}} Proto-Iranian *xšáfš, {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*kšáps}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps, {{inh|fa|ine-pro|*kʷséps}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps, {{cog|sa|क्षप्}} Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣap) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|شبها|or|شبان|||f1tr=šab-hâ|f2tr=šabân|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=šab|tr2=|tr3=}} شب • (šab) (plural شبها (šab-hâ) or شبان (šabân)), {{fa-noun|pl=شبها|pl2=شبان|tr=šab}} شب • (šab) (plural شبها (šab-hâ) or شبان (šabân))
  1. night
    Sense id: en-شب-fa-noun-F2Rz1zEz
  2. evening
    Sense id: en-شب-fa-noun-5b0IAdEO Categories (other): Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: امشب (emšab) (english: tonight), دیشب (dišab) (english: yesterday night), شب چله (šab-e čelle), شب یلدا (šab-e yaldâ), شبانه (šabâne) (english: nocturnal), شبیخون (šabixun) (english: surprise attack), شببوی (šab-buy), هزار و یک شب (hezâr o yek šab) (english: Thousand and One Nights), پریشب (parišab) (english: night two days ago), چادر شب (čâdar-e šab)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tonight",
      "roman": "emšab",
      "word": "امشب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "yesterday night",
      "roman": "dišab",
      "word": "دیشب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "šab-e čelle",
      "word": "شب چله"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "šab-e yaldâ",
      "word": "شب یلدا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "nocturnal",
      "roman": "šabâne",
      "word": "شبانه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "surprise attack",
      "roman": "šabixun",
      "word": "شبیخون"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "šab-buy",
      "word": "شببوی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Thousand and One Nights",
      "roman": "hezâr o yek šab",
      "word": "هزار و یک شب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "night two days ago",
      "roman": "parišab",
      "word": "پریشب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "čâdar-e šab",
      "word": "چادر شب"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
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        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎧𐏁𐎱",
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "شبها",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "شبان",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "šab-hâ",
        "f2tr": "šabân",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "šab",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "شب • (šab) (plural شبها (šab-hâ) or شبان (šabân))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "May your night and drunken sleep be happy, my sovereign! I am happy too,\nEven though you will not remember (for even one night) those who stay awake during night [out of love for you].",
          "ref": "c. 1320, Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, “Ghazal 3”, in دیوانِ امیرخسرو دهلوی [Divan of Amīr Khusraw]:",
          "roman": "šab-at xwaš bād u xwāb-i mastī-yat sultān u man ham xwaš\nšabē garči nay-ārī yād-i bēdārān-i šabhā rā",
          "text": "شبت خوش باد و خواب مستیات سلطان و من هم خوش\nشبی گرچه نیاری یاد بیداران شبها را",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "links": [
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          "night"
        ]
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        },
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          "_dis": "4 96",
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          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "evening"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "evening",
          "evening"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[ʃaβ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäb]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäw]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäw]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃeːw]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃæb̥]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäb]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "audio": "Fa-afg-شب (colloquial).ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
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  ],
  "word": "شب"
}
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    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *kʷséps",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "tonight",
      "roman": "emšab",
      "word": "امشب"
    },
    {
      "english": "yesterday night",
      "roman": "dišab",
      "word": "دیشب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šab-e čelle",
      "word": "شب چله"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šab-e yaldâ",
      "word": "شب یلدا"
    },
    {
      "english": "nocturnal",
      "roman": "šabâne",
      "word": "شبانه"
    },
    {
      "english": "surprise attack",
      "roman": "šabixun",
      "word": "شبیخون"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šab-buy",
      "word": "شببوی"
    },
    {
      "english": "Thousand and One Nights",
      "roman": "hezâr o yek šab",
      "word": "هزار و یک شب"
    },
    {
      "english": "night two days ago",
      "roman": "parišab",
      "word": "پریشب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čâdar-e šab",
      "word": "چادر شب"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "شبها",
      "roman": "šab-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "شبان",
      "roman": "šabân",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
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        "tr2": "",
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    },
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "May your night and drunken sleep be happy, my sovereign! I am happy too,\nEven though you will not remember (for even one night) those who stay awake during night [out of love for you].",
          "ref": "c. 1320, Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, “Ghazal 3”, in دیوانِ امیرخسرو دهلوی [Divan of Amīr Khusraw]:",
          "roman": "šab-at xwaš bād u xwāb-i mastī-yat sultān u man ham xwaš\nšabē garči nay-ārī yād-i bēdārān-i šabhā rā",
          "text": "شبت خوش باد و خواب مستیات سلطان و من هم خوش\nشبی گرچه نیاری یاد بیداران شبها را",
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        }
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        "evening"
      ],
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          "evening"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ʃäb]",
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        "Dari",
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ʃäw]",
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    },
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      "note": "Hazaragi"
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    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃäb]",
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  ],
  "word": "شب"
}

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