خوشاب
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Persian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xʷa.ˈʃɑːβ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xo.ʃɒ́ːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χu.ʃɔ́b]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | xwašāḇ |
Dari reading? | xušāb |
Iranian reading? | xošâb |
Tajik reading? | xušob |
Etymology 1[edit]
خوش (xoš, “pleasant”) + آب (âb, “water”).
Adjective[edit]
Dari | خوشاب |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | хушоб |
خوشاب • (xošâb)
- glossy; pearly; lustrous
- c. 1260, Amīr Khusraw, “Rubaʿī”, in دیوان امیرخسرو [The Divān of Amīr Khusraw][1]:
- ایزد که به زلفت شکن و تاب نهاد
در لعل لبت لولوی خوشاب نهاد- ēzad ki ba zolf-at šikan u tāb nihād
dar la'l-i lab-at lūlū-yi xwašāb nihād - The God who placed curls and twirls on your tresses
Placed lustrous pearls on the ruby of your lips.
- ēzad ki ba zolf-at šikan u tāb nihād
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
خوشاب • (xōšâb or xušâb)
- compote (fruit dish)
Descendants[edit]
Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From خوش (xuś, “sweet”) + آب (āb, “water”), both elements from Persian.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xʊ.ʃɑːb/
- Rhymes: -ɑːb
- Hyphenation: خوش‧آب