خبیث

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَبِيث (ḵabīṯ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xa.ˈbiːs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.biːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.biːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.biːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.bis]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.biːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.bis]

• Rhymes: -iːs

Readings
Classical reading?	xabīs
Dari reading?	xabīs
Iranian reading?	xabis
Tajik reading?	xabis

Adjective

خبیث • (xabīs)

1. impure, wicked, perverse

Descendants

• → Assamese: খবিছ (khobis)
• → Bengali: খবিশ (khobiś)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़बीस (xabīs)

  Urdu: خَبِیث (xabīs)

• → Sylheti: ꠈꠛꠤꠍ (xóbisó)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “خبیث”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خبیث”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul