آداب

Arabic

Noun

آدَاب • (ʔādāb) m pl

1. plural of أَدَب (ʔadab)

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: آدَاب (ādāb)
  • Tajik: одоб (odob)
  • → Bengali: আদাব (adab)
  • → Hindustani
    • Hindi: आदाब (ādāb)
    • Urdu: آداب (ādāb)
• → Ottoman Turkish: آداب (adab)
  • Turkish: adap

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آدَاب (ʔādāb), plural of أَدَب (ʔadab).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈðɑːβ]

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.d̪ɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.d̪ɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.d̪ɔ́ːb̥]

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	āḏāḇ
Dari reading?	ādāb
Iranian reading?	âdâb
Tajik reading?	odob

Noun

Dari	آداب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	одоб

آداب • (âdâb)

1. plural of ادب
2. greetings
3. etiquette
4. salutation
5. politeness
6. respects
7. manners
8. formalities
9. rules

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آدَاب (ādāb), from Arabic آدَاب (ʔādāb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d̪ɑːb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb
• Hyphenation: آ‧داب

Interjection

آداب • (ādāb) (Hindi spelling आदाब)

1. greetings
2. welcome

Noun

آداب • (ādāb) m pl (indeclinable, Hindi spelling आदाब)

1. plural of ادب (adab);

   greetings; salutation

   etiquette; decorum

   respects

References

• “آداب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “آداب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.