آفتاب

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Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفتاب (āftāb).

Noun

آفتاب (āftābm (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 (ʾptʾb /⁠āftāb⁠/, sunshine) (compare (ʾpdʾb /⁠ābdāb⁠/)), from Proto-Iranian *abi-tāpáh[1] Equivalent to آف (âf) +‎ تاب (tâb).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? āftāḇ
Dari reading? āftāb
Iranian reading? âftâb
Tajik reading? oftob
  • Audio (Iran):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːb

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 (āftābm (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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.