آب و هوا

See also: آب و ہوا

Persian

Etymology

From آب (âb, “water”) +‎ و (o, “and”) +‎ هوا (havâ, “air”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.βu ha.wɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bʊ hä.wɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bʊ hä.wɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.bʊ ʔä.wɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.bu ʔä.wɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.bo hæ.vɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.bu hä.vɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	āḇu hawā
Dari reading?	ābu hawā
Iranian reading?	âbo havâ
Tajik reading?	obu havo

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Noun

Dari	آب و هوا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	обу ҳаво

آب و هوا • (âb-o-havâ)

1. climate, weather conditions

   آب و هوای این شهر آلوده است.

   âb o havâ-ye in šahr âlude ast.

   The climate of this city is polluted.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see آب,‎ و,‎ هوا.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ab-hava
• → Bengali: আবহাওয়া (abôhawa)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आब-ओ-हवा (āb-o-havā)

  Urdu: آب و ہوا (āb-o-havā)

• → Kurdish:
  • → Central Kurdish: ئابوھەوا (abuhewa)
• → Ottoman Turkish: آبو هوا
  • Turkish: abuhava
• → Marwari: आबहवा (ābahvā)
• → Sindhi: آب و هوا (ābu-o havā)
• → Pashto: آب وهوا (ābohawā)
• → Uzbek: ob-havo

Sindhi

Noun

آب و هوا • (ābu-o havā) m (Devanagari आबु ओ हवा)

1. climate

Related terms

• آب (ābu)
• هوا (havā)