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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَبِيح (qabīḥ).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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qaḇīh
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| Dari reading?
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qabīh
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| Iranian reading?
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ğabih
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| Tajik reading?
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qabih
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Adjective
قبیح • (qabih) (comparative قبیحتَر (qabih-tar), superlative قبیحتَرین (qabih-tarin))
- ugly
- Synonym: زشت (zešt)
- Antonym: زیبا (zibâ)
- obscene, vile, indecent, filthy, foul
- Synonym: زشت (zešt)
- Antonyms: پاک (pâk), تمیز (tamiz), خالص (xâles)
1200s, Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, اخلاق ناصری [Nāṣirean Ethics]:چون تأمل کنند هیچ کار نبود در دنیا که آن را دو وجه نبود، یکی جمیل و دیگر قبیح، پس وجه جمیل هر کاری طلب کند […]- čūn ta'ammul kunand hēč kār na-buwad dar dunyā ki ān rā du wajh na-buwad, yakē jamīl u dīgar qabīh, pas wajh-i jamīl-i har karē talab kunad
- When one thinks about it, there is nothing in this world which does not have two aspects: one beautiful and one foul. So one should seek out the beautiful aspect of everything
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قبیح”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim