ادب

See also: أدب and أدت

Persian

Etymology

Reborrowed from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab), from Persian (dab); ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈðaβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.d̪ǽb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽb]

Readings
Classical reading^?	aḏaḇ
Dari reading^?	adab
Iranian reading^?	adab
Tajik reading^?	adab

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	ادب
Dari	ادب
Tajik	адаб

ادب • (adab) (plural آداب (âdâb) or ادب‌ها (adab-hâ))

politeness, courtesy, civility, manners, proper conduct
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 112:
  گفت جایی که منم ناله و فریاد مکن
  و گرت نیست تحمل بکش آهی به ادب
  guft jāyē ki man-am nāla u faryād makun
  u garat nēst tahammul bikaš āhē ba adab
  She said: "Do not cry out and moan at the place where I am,
  And if you do not have the patience, let out a sigh courteously."
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
literature, letters. polite learning
discipline

Derived terms

ادبی (adabi)
ادبیات (adabiyât)
ادیب (adib)
بی ادب (bi-adab)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ادب”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Persian (dab)bor.

Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab)bor.

Classical Persian (adab)bor.

Urdu ادب

Borrowed from Classical Persian (adab).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪əb/
Rhymes: -əb

Noun

ادب • (adab) m (Hindi spelling अदब)

Synonym: ساہتیہ

See also

آداب (ādāb)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu ادب (adab), from Persian (adab), from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).

Noun

ادب (edab)

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