شب

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See also: شپ, سپ, and ست

Persian[edit]

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
شب‏
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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian LYLYA / šp (šab), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (xšap-), from Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)sep- (“night”). Cognate with Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣáp) and Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬥‏ (xšapan).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Dari شب‏
Iranian Persian شب‏
Tajik шаб (šab)

شب • (šab) (plural شب‌ها‏ (šab-hâ) or شبان‏ (šabân))

  1. night
  2. evening

Derived terms[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Persian شب‏.

Noun[edit]

شب (šab) f

  1. night
  2. evening
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic.

Noun[edit]

شب (šabb) m

  1. alum
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