आफ़ताब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفتاب (āftāb), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾptʾb /⁠āftāb⁠/, “sunshine”). Compare Bengali আফতাব (aphtab), Gujarati આફતાબ (āphatāb), Punjabi ਆਫ਼ਤਾਬ (āfatāb).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːf.t̪ɑːb/, [äːf.t̪äːb], /ɑːpʰ.t̪ɑːb/, [äːpʰ.t̪äːb]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

आफ़ताब • (āftāb) m (Urdu spelling آفتاب)

1. (uncommon) Sun

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सूरज

2. sun's heat

   Synonyms: सूर्यताप (sūryatāp), सौर्यताप (sauryatāp)

Declension

Declension of आफ़ताब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताब āftāb
oblique	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताबों āftābõ
vocative	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताबो āftābo

Proper noun

आफ़ताब • (āftāb) m (Urdu spelling آفتاب)

1. a male given name, Aftab, from Persian

Declension

Declension of आफ़ताब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताब āftāb
oblique	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताबों āftābõ
vocative	आफ़ताब āftāb	आफ़ताबो āftābo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “āftāb”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press