سبزی

See also: ستری

Persian

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Persian سبز (sabz)

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Persian ـی (-i)

Persian سبزی

From سبز (sabz, “green”) + ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sab.ˈziː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säb.zíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säb.zíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säb.zíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säb.zí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæb.zíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säb.zí]

• Rhymes: -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	sabzī
Dari reading?	sabzī
Iranian reading?	sabzi
Tajik reading?	sabzi

Noun

سبزی • (sabzī / sabzi) (plural سبزیجات (sabzījāt / sabzijât), or سبزی‌ها (sabzī-hā / sabzi-hâ), Tajik spelling сабзӣ)

1. vegetable, herb, greens (fleshy or leafy edible plant with a savoury taste)

   Coordinate terms: میوه (mēwa / mive), غله (ġalla / ġalle), ادویه (adwiya / adviye)

2. greenness, verdure
3. (colloquial Dari) spinach

   Synonym: اسفناج (isfināj / esfenâj)

4. (colloquial Tajik) carrot

Derived terms

• سبزی فروش (sabzī furōš / sabzi foruš)

Descendants

• → Bengali: সবজি (śoboji)
• → Gujarati: સબજી (sabjī)
• → Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: सब्ज़ी (sabzī)
  • → Urdu: سَبْزِی (sabzī)
• → Kazakh: сәбіз (säbiz)
• → Kyrgyz: сабиз (sabiz)
• → Odia: ସବୁଜି (sabuji)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سبزه (sebze)
  • Turkish: sebze
• → Punjabi:
  • → Gurmukhi script: ਸਬਜ਼ੀ (sabzī)
  • → Shahmukhi script: سَبْزِی (sabzī)
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: سەۋزە (sewze)
  • Uzbek: sabzi

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “سبزی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “سبزی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “سبزى”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 648

Urdu

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Classical Persian سبز (sabz)

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Classical Persian ـی (-i)

Classical Persian سَبْزِی (sabzī)bor.

Urdu سبزی

Borrowed from Classical Persian سَبْزِی (sabzī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səb.ziː/
• Hyphenation: سَبْ‧زِی
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

سَبْزِی • (sabzī) f (Hindi spelling सब्ज़ी)

1. vegetable
2. verdure

Declension

Declension of سبزی

	singular	plural
direct	سَبْزی (sabzī)	سَبْزِیاں (sabziyā̃)
oblique	سَبْزی (sabzī)	سَبْزِیوں (sabziyō̃)
vocative	سَبْزی (sabzī)	سَبْزِیو (sabziyō)

Related terms

• سَبْز (sabz)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu سبزی (sabzī).

Noun

سبزی (sabzī)

1. vegetable
2. verdure