عاقبت

Arabic

Verb

عاقبت (form III)

1. عَاقَبْتُ (ʕāqabtu) /ʕaː.qab.tu/: first-person singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)
2. عَاقَبْتَ (ʕāqabta) /ʕaː.qab.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)
3. عَاقَبْتِ (ʕāqabti) /ʕaː.qab.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)
4. عَاقَبَتْ (ʕāqabat) /ʕaː.qa.bat/: third-person feminine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَاقِبَة (ʕāqiba).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.qi.ˈbat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.qɪ.bát̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.qɪ.bát̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.qɪ.bát̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.qi.bát̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ʁe.bǽt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.qi.bát̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	āqibat
Dari reading?	āqibat
Iranian reading?	âġebat
Tajik reading?	oqibat

Noun

عاقِبَت • (âqebat) (plural عَواقِب (avâqeb))

1. consequence, repercussion

   عواقب زلزله ― avâqeb-e zelzele ― consequences of the earthquake

Adverb

عاقِبَت • (âqebat)

1. finally; in the end

   Synonyms: سرانجام (sarânjâm), بالاخره (belaxare)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 8”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     صبر کن حافظ به سختی روز و شب
     عاقبت روزی بیابی کام را

     sabr kun hāfiz ba saxtī rōz u šab
     āqibat rōzē biyābī kām rā

     Ḥāfiẓ, be patient in hardship day and night,
     So that one day, you might at last attain your wish.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “عاقبت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim