آفتاب

Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفتاب‎ (āftāb).

Noun

آفتاب • (āftāb) m (Devanagari आफताब)

  1. Sun

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian آفتاب‎ (âftâb).

Noun

آفتاب • (afitab)

  1. sun
    Synonyms: شمس‎ (şems), گونش‎ (güneş)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾptʾb /⁠āftāb⁠/, “sunshine”) (compare [Psalter Pahlavi needed] (ʾpdʾb /⁠ābdāb⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *abi-tāpáh; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to heat, to be warm”).[1] Equivalent to آف‎ (âf) +‎ تاب‎ (tâb).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɑːf.t̪ʰɑ́ːb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäf.t̪ʰǽw]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔɔːf.t̪ʰɔ́ːb̥]

Readings
Classical reading? āftāḇ
Dari reading? āftāb
Iranian reading? âftâb
Tajik reading? oftob
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Noun
Dari آفتاب‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik офтоб

آفتاب • (âftâb)

  1. sunlight, sunshine
    Coordinate term: مهتاب‎ (mahtâb, “moonlight”)
  2. sun
    Synonym: خورشید‎ (xoršid)
    Coordinate term: ماه‎ (mâh, “moon”)

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*tap”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفتاب‎ (āftāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

آفْتاب • (āftāb) m (Hindi spelling आफ़ताब)

  1. Sun

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