عیب
Ottoman Turkish
Noun
عَیْب • (ʿayb, vulg. ʿayp)
- a fault, flaw, defect
- any thing looked upon as shameful; a shame; a breach of manners
Adjective
عَیْب • (ʿayb, vulg. ʿayp)
- shameful, unmannerly
Descendants
- Turkish: ayıp
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عیب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1330
Persian
Pronunciation
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- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔajβ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäjb]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäjb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäjb̥]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ejb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäjb]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ayb |
| Dari reading? | ayb |
| Iranian reading? | eyb |
| Tajik reading? | ayb |
Noun
| Dari | عیب |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | айб |
عیب • ('eyb) (plural عیوب ('oyub))
- defect, fault, blemish
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 3347:
- در رخ مه عیب بینی میکنی / در بهشتی خارچینی میکنی
- dar rox-e mah 'eyb-bini mi-koni / dar behešti xâr-čini mi-koni
- You are observing defects on the face of the moon: you are picking thorns in a Paradise.
- vice
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2349:
- خواجه در عیب است غرقه تا به گوش / خواجه را مال است و مالش عیب پوش
- xâje dar 'eyb ast ğarqe tâ be guš / xâje-râ mâl ast o mal-aš 'eyb puš
- The merchant is plunged in vice up to the ears, [but] the merchant has money, and his money covers his vice
- disgrace, dishonor
Urdu
Noun
عَیْب • ('ayb) m (Hindi spelling ऐब)
- faultiness, unsoundness, imperfection, something amiss, fault, defect, blemish, infirmity, vice, crime, sin; disgrace, infamy
Further reading
- “عیب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “عیب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “عیب”, 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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