شیب

See also: سيب and سیب

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?].

Noun

شیب • (šêb, šib)

  1. slope, declivity, tilt, descend
  2. bottom, base, lower part
    1. fundament, bottom of human anatomy
    2. base of a shield
  3. wet ground made unequal and rugged by man tramping

Adjective

شیب • (šêb, šib)

  1. not the full shilling, doolally, barmy
  2. hasty, precipitate
    Synonyms: تیب (têb), شتابان (šitābān), شتاب‌زده (šitābzada), عجولانه (ʼajulāna)

Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شیو (şiv, şev)
    • Turkish: şiv, şev

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شیب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “شیب”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 489
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