شاباش

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Persian

Etymology

From the phrase شاد باش (šâd bâš, excellent! well done!, literally be happy!), from شاد (šâd, happy) + باش (bâš, be).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šāḇāš
Dari reading? šābāš
Iranian reading? šâbâš
Tajik reading? šoboš

Interjection

Dari شاباش
Iranian Persian
Tajik шобош

شاباش (šâbâš)

  1. bravo! excellent!

Noun

شاباش (šâbâš)

  1. money thrown about at marriages, or given to singers

Descendants

Further reading

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš).

Pronunciation

Interjection

شاباش (śābāś) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼)

  1. shabash, good job

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاباش (šābāš).

Pronunciation

Interjection

شاباش (śābāś) (Hindi spelling शाबाश)

  1. bravo!, excellent!, good job!, well done!