عاقبت

Arabic

Verb

عَاقَبْتُ • (ʕāqabtu) (form III)

first-person singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)

Verb

عَاقَبْتَ • (ʕāqabta) (form III)

second-person masculine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)

Verb

عَاقَبْتِ • (ʕāqabti) (form III)

second-person feminine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)

Verb

عَاقَبَتْ • (ʕāqabat) (form III)

third-person feminine singular past active of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَاقِبَة (ʕāqiba).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.qi.βat]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.qɪ.bät̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.qɪ.bät̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.qi.bät̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ʁe.bæt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.qi.bät̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	āqiḇat
Dari reading^?	āqibat
Iranian reading^?	âğebat
Tajik reading^?	oqibat

Noun

عاقِبَت • ('âqebat) (plural عَواقِب ('avâqeb))

consequence, conclusion, ramification

Adverb

عاقِبَت • ('âqebat)

finally; in the end
Synonyms: سرانجام (sarânjâm), بالاخره (belaxare)
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 8”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:
  صبر کن حافظ به سختی روز و شب
  عاقبت روزی بیابی کام را
  sabr kun hâfiz ki saxtî rôz u šab
  âqibat rôzê biyâbî kâm râ
  Hafez, be patient in hardship day and night,
  So that one day, you might at last attain your wish.
  (romanization in Classical Persian)

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