शब

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps

Proto-Iranian *xšáfš

Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p)

Classical Persian شبbor.

Hindi शब (śab)

Borrowed from Classical Persian شب, from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p), from Proto-Iranian *xšáfš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃəb/, [ʃɐb]
• Rhymes: -əb

Noun

शब • (śab) f (Urdu spelling شب)

1. (poetic) night

   Synonyms: रात (rāt), रात्रि (rātri)

   शब बख़ैर ― śab baxair ― good night (Urdu)

Declension

Declension of शब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शब śab	शब śab
oblique	शब śab	शबों śabõ
vocative	शब śab	शबो śabo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press