ثواب

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Arabic

Root
ث و ب (ṯ w b)
4 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

ثَوَاب • (ṯawāb) m

  1. remuneration; reward
  2. (Islam) sawab; a spiritual merit or reward that accrues from giving prayers or from performance of good deeds and piety

Declension

Declension of noun ثَوَاب (ṯawāb)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ثَوَاب
ṯawāb 		الثَّوَاب
aṯ-ṯawāb 		ثَوَاب
ṯawāb
Nominative ثَوَابٌ
ṯawābun 		الثَّوَابُ
aṯ-ṯawābu 		ثَوَابُ
ṯawābu
Accusative ثَوَابًا
ṯawāban 		الثَّوَابَ
aṯ-ṯawāba 		ثَوَابَ
ṯawāba
Genitive ثَوَابٍ
ṯawābin 		الثَّوَابِ
aṯ-ṯawābi 		ثَوَابِ
ṯawābi

Antonyms

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb).

Noun

ثواب • (sevab) (plural اثواب)

  1. (religion) divine reward, remuneration (for a good deed)

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? sawāḇ
Dari reading? sawāb
Iranian reading? savâb
Tajik reading? savob

Noun

ثواب • (savâb)

  1. (religion) divine reward, remuneration (for a good deed)
    • early 1000s, ʿUnṣurī, “Qaṣīda 3”, in دیوان عنصری‎:
      گفتم از خدمتش جزا چه برم
      گفت ازو زرّ و از خدای ثواب
      guftam az xidmat-aš jazā či baram
      guft az ō zarr u az xudāy sawāb
      I said, "What recompense will I win from serving him?"
      He said, "Gold from him, and from God, divine reward."
      (Classical Persian romanization)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 422”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      آفرین بر دل نرم تو که از بهر ثواب
      کشتهٔ غمزهٔ خود را به نماز آمده‌ای
      āfarīn bar dil-i narm-i tu ki az bahr-i sawāb
      kušta-yi ğamza-yi xwad rā ba namāz āmada'ī
      Praise upon your tender heart! For the sake of divine reward
      You have begun to pray for those who were killed by your flirtatiousness.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian ثواب (sawāb), Derived from Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

ثواب • (savābu) m (Devanagari सवाबु)

  1. rectitude, merit, virtue

References

  • “ثواب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ثواب (sawāb), from Arabic ثَوَاب (ṯawāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

ثَواب • (savāb) m (Hindi spelling सवाब)

  1. requital, reward
  2. good deed

References

  • “ثواب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ثواب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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