شباط

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒀾 (Šabāṭum). Cognate with Hebrew שְׁבָט (sh'vat, “Shebat, the eleventh month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).

Proper noun

شُبَاط • (šubāṭ) m

1. February (Solar calendar used in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq)

Declension

Declension of noun شُبَاط (šubāṭ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	شُبَاط šubāṭ	—
Nominative	—	شُبَاطُ šubāṭu	—
Accusative	—	شُبَاطَ šubāṭa	—
Genitive	—	شُبَاطَ šubāṭa	—

Descendants

• → Persian: شباط (šobât)

See also

• (month): Previous: كَانُون الثَّانِي (kānūn aṯ-ṯānī). Next: آذَار (ʔāḏār)
• صَفَر (ṣafar)
• فِبْرَايِر (fibrāyir)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُبَاط (šubāṭ), from Classical Syriac ܫܒܛ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃu.ˈβɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.bɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.bɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃʊ.bɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃu.bɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃo.bɒ́ːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃu.bɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	šuḇāt
Dari reading?	šubāt
Iranian reading?	šobât
Tajik reading?	šubot

Noun

Dari	شباط
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шубот

شُباط • (šobât)

1. (Syriac calendar) February

See also

• (month): Previous: کانون ثانی (kânun-e sâni). Next: آذار (âzâr)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شباط”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شُبَاط (šubāṭ), from Classical Syriac ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ).

Noun

شباط • (šbāṭ) m

1. (formal) February

   Synonym: شهر تنين (šahr tnēn)

See also

Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad), كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni)	شهر تنين (šahr tnēn), شباط (šbāṭ)	شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte), آذار (ʔāḏār)	شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa), نيسان (nīsān)
May	June	July	August
شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse), أيّار (ʔayyār)	شهر ستّة (šahr sitte), حزيران (ḥazīrān)	شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa), تمّوز (tammūz)	شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye), آب (ʔāb)
September	October	November	December
شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa), أيلول (ʔēlūl)	شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara), تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal)	شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš), تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni)	شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš), كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal)