शाबास
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Marathi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- शाब्बास (śābbās)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš), from شاد (šād, “joyful”) + باش (bāš, “be (imperative)”). Compare Gujarati શાબાશ (śābāś), Hindi शाबाश (śābāś), Punjabi ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ (śābāś) / شاباش (śābāś), Bengali শাবাশ (śabaś), Assamese চাবাচ (sabas).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]शाबास • (śābās)
Derived terms
[edit]- शाबासकी (śābāskī, “appreciation”)
References
[edit]- Berntsen, Maxine, “शाबास”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शाबास”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “शाबास”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).