شب بخیر

Persian

Etymology

From شَب (šab, “night”) +‎ بِه (be) +‎ خِیْر (xeyr, “good”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃaβ ba.ˈxajɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb bä.xǽjɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb bä.xǽjɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃäb bä.xǽjɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃäb̥ bä.xǽjɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæb̥ be.ˈxejɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃäb bä.χǽjɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šaḇ baxayr
Dari reading?	šab baxayr
Iranian reading?	šab bexeyr
Tajik reading?	šab baxayr

Interjection

شَب بِخِیْر • (šab bexeyr)

1. good night

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शब बख़ैर (śab baxair)

  Urdu: شَب بَخَیر (śab baxair)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شب بخیر (šab ba-xayr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃəb bə.xɛːɾ/

Interjection

شَب بَخَیر • (śab baxair) (Hindi spelling शब बख़ैर)

1. good night

Related terms

• شام بَخَیر (śām baxair, “good evening”)
• صُبْح بَخَیر (subh baxair, “good morning”)

References

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