𐎧𐏁𐎱

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Old Persian

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Etymology

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PIE word
*kʷséps

From Proto-Iranian *xšáfš.

Noun

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𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /xšapa/) f

  1. night
    • Darius, Behistan, I 20:
      𐏐 𐎠𐎰𐏃𐎹 𐏐 𐎧𐏁𐎱𐎺𐎠 𐏐 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎺𐎠 𐏐 𐎠𐎺 𐏐 𐎠𐎤𐎢𐎴𐎺𐎹𐎫𐎠 𐏐 𐎰𐎠𐎫𐎡𐎹 𐏐 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺/𐎢𐏁
      : a-θ-h-y : x-š-p-v-a : r-u-c-p-t-i-v-a : a-v : a-ku-u-n-v-y-t-a : θ-a-t-i-y : d-a-r-y-v/u-š
      /aθahya xšapavā raucapativā ava akunavayatā θātiy Dārayavauš./
      [Whatever] was said to them by me either at night or also by day, that they would do, as Darius says.

Descendants

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  • Middle Persian: (/⁠šab⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫢𐫁 (šb)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (LYLYA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (šp)
    Psalter Pahlavi script: [Psalter Pahlavi needed] (LYLYA)
    Pazend script: 𐬱𐬀𐬬 (šav)
    • Classical Persian: شب (šab)
      Dari: شب (šab)
      Iranian Persian: شب (šab)
      Tajik: шаб (šab)
      Tat: [script needed] (šøÿ)
    • Lurish:
      Northern Luri: شۉ (šow)
      • Silakhori: شۋ (šü)
      Bakhtiari: شۉ (šaw)
      Southern Luri: شۉ (šow)