امشب
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Persian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (colloquial) امشو (emšow)
Etymology[edit]
From امـ (em, “to-; this”) + شب (šab, “night”), from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭣𐭭𐭤 (im, “this”) + [script needed] (šp /šab/, “night”). Compare Mazanderani ام شو (am šo, “tonight”),[1] Central Kurdish ئەمشەو (emşew, “tonight”), Northern Kurdish îşev (“tonight”), Pashto نن شپه (nan špa, “tonight”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔim.ʃaβ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔem.ʃæb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔim.ʃäb]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | imšaḇ |
Dari reading? | imšab |
Iranian reading? | emšab |
Tajik reading? | imšab |
Adverb[edit]
Dari | امشب |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | имшаб |
امشب • (emšab)
- tonight
- this evening
- علی قراره امشب برامون بخونه؟
- ali qarâre emšab barâmun bexune?
- Is Ali going to sing for us tonight?