کامیاب

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂mos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas

Proto-Iranian *káHmah

Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎶 (k-a-m)

Middle Persian 𐭠𐭬𐭪 (ʾmk)

Persian کام

Persian یاب

Persian کامیاب

From کام + یاب.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaːm.ˈjaːb/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːm.jɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːm.jɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːm.jɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːm.jɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːm.jɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔm.jɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāmyāb
Dari reading?	kāmyāb
Iranian reading?	kâmyâb
Tajik reading?	komyob

Adjective

Dari	کامیاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	комёб

کامیاب • (kâmyâb)

1. prosperous, successful

   Synonyms: کامران (kâmrân), موفق (movaffaq), بهره‌مند (bahre-mand), مرفه (moraffah), برخوردار (barxordâr)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कामयाब (kāmyāb)

  Urdu: کَامْیَاب (kāmyāb)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਮਯਾਬ (kāmyāb)

  Shahmukhi script: کَامْیَاب (kāmyāb)

Proper noun

کامیاب • (kâmyâb)

1. a male given name, Kamyab

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂mos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas

Proto-Iranian *káHmah

Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎶 (k-a-m)

Middle Persian 𐭠𐭬𐭪 (ʾmk)

Classical Persian کام

Classical Persian یاب

Classical Persian کَامْیَاب (kāmyāb)bor.

Urdu کامْیاب

Borrowed from Classical Persian کَامْیَاب (kāmyāb). Also influenced by کَام (kām, “work, effectiveness”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑːm.jɑːb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb
• Hyphenation: کام‧یاب

Adjective

کامْیاب • (kāmyāb) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling कामयाब)

1. prosperous, successful

   Synonyms: مُفْلِح (muflih), فالِح (fālih), سَپھَل کام (saphal kām), سَپھَل (saphal)