تباه

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Arabic

Noun

تَبَاهٍ (tabāhinm

  1. verbal noun of تَبَاهَى (tabāhā)

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian (tpʾh /⁠tabāh⁠/, injury), from Proto-Iranian *tap-, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (to be warm, to be hot). Compare Sanskrit ताप (tāpa, heat; torment).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? taḇāh
Dari reading? tabāh
Iranian reading? tabâh
Tajik reading? taboh

Adjective

تباه (tabâh)

  1. corrupt; spoilt; ruined
    Synonym: خراب (xarâb)
    • c. 1250, Zartusht Bahrām-i Pazhdaw, زراتشت‌نامه [Zarātusht Nāma]:
      ندارد بدین خط کسی دستگاه
      بترسم که گردد بیک ره تباه
      nadārad badīn xatt kasē dastgāh
      bitarsam ki gardad ba-yak rāh tabāh
      Nobody has the skill to read this script,
      I fear that it shall be lost at one stroke.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: तबाह (tabāh)
    Urdu: تَباہ (tabāh)