شاباش
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the phrase شاد باش (šâd bâš, “excellent! well done!”, literally “be happy!”), from شاد (šâd, “happy”) + باش (bâš, “be”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃɑː.ˈβɑːʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɒː.bɒ́ːʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɔ.bɔ́ʃ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | šāḇāš |
Dari reading? | šābāš |
Iranian reading? | šâbâš |
Tajik reading? | šoboš |
Interjection[edit]
Dari | شاباش |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | шобош |
شاباش • (šâbâš)
Noun[edit]
شاباش • (šâbâš)
- money thrown about at marriages, or given to singers
Descendants[edit]
- → Armenian: շաբաշ (šabaš)
- → Assamese: চাবাচ (sabas)
- → Azerbaijani: şabaş
- → Bengali: শাবাশ (śabaś)
- → Georgian: შაბაში (šabaši)
- → Gujarati: શાબાશ (śābāś)
- → Marathi: शाबास (śābās)
- → Ottoman Turkish: شاباش (şabaş)
- Punjabi:
Further reading[edit]
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شاباش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 720
Punjabi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ʃäː.bäːʃᵊ/
Interjection[edit]
شاباش • (śābāś) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼)
Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃɑː.bɑːʃ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːʃ
Interjection[edit]
شاباش • (śābāś) (Hindi spelling शाबाश)
Related terms[edit]
- شاد باش (śād-bāś, “may you always be happy”)
- شاباشی (śābāśī, “praise, commendation”)
- شاد باد (śād bād)
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