тобистон

Bukhari

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian 𐭲𐭠𐭯𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭭 (tʾpstʾn /⁠tābestān⁠/)

Classical Persian تَابِسْتَان (tābistān)

Tajik тобистон (tobiston)

Bukhari тобистон

Inherited from Tajik тобистон (tobiston).

Noun

тобистон (tobiston) (Latin spelling tobiston)

1. summer

References

• Kimyagarov, Amnun; Kimyagarova, Zoya (2010), Short English - Russian - Bukharian Jewish Dictionary, New York: International Academy for Development Technologies, →ISBN, page 42

Ishkashimi

Etymology

Cognate with Sanglechi تاوستان (tāvestān).

Noun

тобистон (tobiston) (Arabic spelling تابستان)

1. summer

References

• Пахалина, Т.Н (1959), “тобистон [tobiston]”, in Ишкашимский язык (Iškašimskij jazyk) [Ishkashimi language], Moscow, USSR

Tajik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian 𐭲𐭠𐭯𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭭 (tʾpstʾn /⁠tābestān⁠/)

Classical Persian تَابِسْتَان (tābistān)

Tajik тобистон

Inherited from Classical Persian تَابِسْتَان (tābistān). By surface analysis, тоб (tob) + -истон (-iston).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tobiston/, [t̪ʰɔ.bis.t̪ʰɔn]

Noun

тобистон • (tobiston) (Persian spelling تابستان)

1. summer

Descendants

• Bukhari:

  Latin script: tobiston

  Cyrillic script: тобистон

Further reading

• тобистон on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tg
• “тобистон”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026