شعبه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic شُعْبَة (šuʕba).

Noun

شعبه • (şube) (plural شعاب)

1. interval, space; cranny, crevice
2. branch
3. (business) branch office

Descendants

• Turkish: şube

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شعبه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 727
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şube”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شعبه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1127

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شعبة.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃuʔ.ˈba]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo̞ʔ.bǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo̞ʔ.bǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃoː.bǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃʊː.bǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃoʔ.bé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɵʔ.bǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šu'ba
Dari reading?	šo'ba
Iranian reading?	šo'be
Tajik reading?	šüʾba

• (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃoːba]

Noun

Dari	شعبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шӯъба

شعبه • (šo'be) (plural شعبه ها (šo'be-hâ) or شعب (šo'ab))

1. branch, section, division
2. chapter

Descendants

• Urdu: شعبہ (śobā)